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Folio from the Gulshan Album (Rose Garden album); recto: Elephant and trainer; verso: Quatrain in nasta'liq allegedly by Mir 'Ali al-Katib
Artist: Attributed to Farrukh Chela, Calligrapher: Calligraphy by Mir Ali al-KatibCalligraphy ca.1540; "Chained Elephant" ca.1590, borders added ca. 1600
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Washington, DC, United States
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- Title: Folio from the Gulshan Album (Rose Garden album); recto: Elephant and trainer; verso: Quatrain in nasta'liq allegedly by Mir 'Ali al-Katib
- Creator: Artist: Attributed to Farrukh Chela, Calligrapher: Calligraphy by Mir Ali al-Katib
- Date Created: Calligraphy ca.1540; "Chained Elephant" ca.1590, borders added ca. 1600
- Location: India
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Freer|Sackler collection, please visit http://www.asia.si.edu/.
- Medium: Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Historical Period: Mughal dynasty
- Credit Line: Purchase
- Collection: Freer Gallery of Art
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