Shah ‘Abbas: The Remaking of Iran |
institution: British Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
53. Shah ‘Abbas and a page boy, by Muhammad Qasim. Iran, probably Isfahan. Dated 12th March 1627. Ink, gold and opaque watercolours on paper, 25.5 by 15 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. British Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
54. Short length of voided velvet with tulips and butterflies. Iran, perhaps Isfahan, 1600–50. Silk and metal thread, 33 by 70.5 cm. (Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. British Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
55. An album of calligraphy in the nasta’liq style. Iran, Isfahan. Dated 1598. Ink, gold and opaque watercolours on paper, 23 by 12.6 cm. (Art and History Collection, courtesy of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington; exh. British Museum, London).