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Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: a polo game; verso: text, poem on qualities of the beloved and transience of life
Calligrapher: Sultan Muhammad Nur, Artist: Shaykhzade1523-24 (930 A.H.)
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Washington, DC, United States
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- Title: Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: a polo game; verso: text, poem on qualities of the beloved and transience of life
- Creator: Calligrapher: Sultan Muhammad Nur, Artist: Shaykhzade
- Date Created: 1523-24 (930 A.H.)
- Location: Afghanistan, Herat
- 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: Safavid period
- Credit Line: Purchase
- Collection: Freer Gallery of Art
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