ManuscriptsPersian16th century

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 349), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

16th century

Classification

Manuscripts

Medium

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Culture

Persian

Century

16th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Provenance

Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market.