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Seated dervish holding a flower, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635)

Title	Seated dervish holding a flower, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635)
Publication Date:	1590-1600
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	346 mm x 229 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 242.6
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1590-1600
Notes	Seated dervish holding a flower, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635). Album folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, mounted on card, tinted drawing of a smiling dervish seated holding a flower, with later Persian inscription (“raqam-e kamtarīn [...] fī shahr-e Jumada al-ukhra sanat 997H, below), within ruled borders on grey paper frame with gold foliation, on cream paper frame with inset Persian verses in nasta`liq script, on narrow cream paper frame with dark silver chevron lines, all mounted on cream card album folio with gold-painted plants and insects and oxidised silver patches, blank green fibrous verso, attributed here to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635), probably Isfahan, Iran, undated, c. 1590-1600.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Album)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script

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Seated dervish holding a flower, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635)

Publication Date 1590-1600

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 346 mm x 229 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 242.6

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1590-1600

Notes Seated dervish holding a flower, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635). Album folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, mounted on card, tinted drawing of a smiling dervish seated holding a flower, with later Persian inscription (“raqam-e kamtarīn [...] fī shahr-e Jumada al-ukhra sanat 997H, below), within ruled borders on grey paper frame with gold foliation, on cream paper frame with inset Persian verses in nasta`liq script, on narrow cream paper frame with dark silver chevron lines, all mounted on cream card album folio with gold-painted plants and insects and oxidised silver patches, blank green fibrous verso, attributed here to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635), probably Isfahan, Iran, undated, c. 1590-1600.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Album)

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script