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ID number: BIRBI-49.2 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Riza-I-Abbasi (active 1618-1634) Title / Object name: A seated dervish Object type: Portrait miniature Culture: Persian Materials: Black ink on buff paper Measurements: Sheet size 22 x 19.5 cm Provenance: In the collection of Sir Bernard Eckstein. Probably exhibited at the Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia in the 1926 exhibition of Persian Art, for which no catalogue exists; purchased at the sale of the late Sir Bernard Eckstein (1894-1949), Sotheby's, 7 Feb 1949, lot 36, for £340 |
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On the verso is a poem in Persian calligraphy, translatable as: 'Do not be a companion with one lower than thyself, because a wise person converses with those better than himself. Do not be pressing with a person greater than thyself, for he too does not want to be in company lesser than himself.' Inscriptions / Translations: Signed u.l.: Notes: Exhibited: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum, 1926 (260). |
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