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Groom leading his horse, by Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635)

Title	Groom leading his horse, by Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635)
Author	Iran
Publication Date:	1590-1600
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	341 mm x 252 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 242.5
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1590-1600
Notes	Groom leading his horse, by Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635). Album folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, mounted on card, tinted drawing of a man leading his horse down a rocky slope, signed “Reẓā drew it” (mashqahu Reẓā, on a rock beneath the horse), bordered with illumination panels and Persian text in nasta`liq script, extracts from the Rose Garden (Gulistān) by Sa`dī and the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Firdausi, within ruled borders on light blue-green paper frame with gold foliate scrollwork and further Persian verses, all mounted on green card album page with gold-painted floral scrollwork, drawing by Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635), 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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Groom leading his horse, by Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635)

Author Iran

Publication Date 1590-1600

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 341 mm x 252 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 242.5

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1590-1600

Notes Groom leading his horse, by Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635). Album folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, mounted on card, tinted drawing of a man leading his horse down a rocky slope, signed “Reẓā drew it” (mashqahu Reẓā, on a rock beneath the horse), bordered with illumination panels and Persian text in nasta`liq script, extracts from the Rose Garden (Gulistān) by Sa`dī and the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Firdausi, within ruled borders on light blue-green paper frame with gold foliate scrollwork and further Persian verses, all mounted on green card album page with gold-painted floral scrollwork, drawing by Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635), 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