Divan (Collected Works) of Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i
Summary
Public domain photo of a golden object, Afghanistan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
This particular work was signed by Mir Sayyid 'Ali (c1540), an extremely influential artist who travelled to India and helped found the Mughal school of painting. Upper cover depicts a garden scene. Part of the British Library's Asian, Middle Eastern and African Studies Collections.
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islamic art
sultan ali mashhadi
binding
codices
gold
illuminated manuscripts
ink
lacquer
manuscripts
metal
paper
watercolors
afghanistan
asia
herat
sultan ali mashhadi 1440 1520
ali shir nava i
human figures
gift of alexander smith cochran
divan
works
mir
ali
shir
nava and
ali shir nava and
sculpture
medieval manuscript
metropolitan museum of art
medieval art
Date
1474 - 1525
in collections
Source
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Link
Copyright info
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")