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MS M.386.17r

A calligraphy.

1592 or 1593.
378 x 241 mm
MS M.386.17r

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.

Ms. written and illuminated in Persia and dated 1001 (1592-1593).
Text: Persian quatrain by Sulṭān ʻAlī; dedication on the left side reads: jihat-i navvāb-i mustaṭāb-i khāni-i ʻālīshānī nivishta shud fi 1001 ("written in 1001 for his highnes