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    "core": {
        "objectID": 109241,
        "objectNumber": "2019.98.A",
        "primaryTitle": "Calligraphy from the Late Shah Jahan Album (recto)",
        "objectName": "painting",
        "dated": "calligraphy between 1505 and 1545, borders between 1650 and 1658",
        "classification": "Paintings",
        "department": "Islamic Art",
        "medium": "opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper",
        "dimensions": "Overall: 15 3/16 × 9 7/8 inches (38.6 × 25.1 cm)\r\nImage: 7 1/4 × 3 3/4 inches (18.4 × 9.5 cm)"
    },
    "provenance": {
        "creditLine": "Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund",
        "provenance": "between 1650-58, commissioned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan;\r\n1739, assumed to be looted by Afsharid ruler Nadir Shah and taken to Iran.\r\nlate 19th century, taken to Russia by brother of Qajar ruler Nasir al-Din Shah;\r\nlate 19th century, sold to Armenian dealer (Russia).\r\n1909, purchased by (Georges Demotte [1877-1923], Paris, France).\r\nLeila Diba Collection (New York, New York, USA).\r\nSarikhani Collection (London, England).\r\nAl Thani Collection (London, England and Paris, France);\r\nconsigned to (Christie's, New York, New York, USA);\r\n2019-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)",
        "signed": "",
        "inscribed": "Inscribed, in Nasta'liq, Text from the Orchard (Bustan) of Sa‘di (d. 1291), chapter IX; Concerning Repentance, followed by calligrapher signature: [translated by Shadi Shafiei: One day a singer filled my heart with angst / While playing their lute s/he sang these lines: / For years and years springtime will shine, / And roses will blossom-alas-without us. / Many summers, winters, and springs will pass, / While all we will be is just a fistful of dust. / Written by the sinful ‘Ali the scribe]\r\n\r\n[transliterated: Du baitam jigar kard rouzi kabâb / Ki miguft gouyandeh-i ba rubâb / Darighâ ki bi ma basi rouzegâr / Berouyad gul o beshkofad nobahâr. / Basi Tir o Day-mâh o Ordibehesht / Biyâyad ki mâ khâk bashim o khesht. / Katabahou al-muzannib ‘Ali al-Katib]",
        "markings": ""
    },
    "creators": [
        {
            "displayName": "Mughal, Indian",
            "role": "Artist",
            "nationality": "Indian",
            "bio": ""
        },
        {
            "displayName": "Mir 'Ali Haravi",
            "role": "Calligrapher",
            "nationality": "Persian",
            "bio": "Persian, active ca. 1505 - 1545"
        }
    ],
    "rights": [
        {
            "type": "Public Domain",
            "copyright": "",
            "creditLineRepro": "Mir 'Ali Haravi; Mughal, Indian, Calligraphy from the Late Shah Jahan Album (recto), calligraphy between 1505 and 1545, borders between 1650 and 1658, opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 2019.98.A."
        }
    ],
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    "terms": [
        {
            "name": "Mughal",
            "type": "styles and periods"
        },
        {
            "name": "calligraphy",
            "type": "subject"
        },
        {
            "name": "ink",
            "type": "material"
        },
        {
            "name": "gold",
            "type": "material"
        },
        {
            "name": "painting (visual work)",
            "type": "work type"
        },
        {
            "name": "opaque watercolor",
            "type": "material"
        },
        {
            "name": "paper",
            "type": "support"
        },
        {
            "name": "floral motifs",
            "type": "subject"
        },
        {
            "name": "birds",
            "type": "subject"
        },
        {
            "name": "branches (plant components)",
            "type": "subject"
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    ],
    "source": {
        "museum": "Detroit Institute of Arts",
        "objectURL": "https://dia.org/collection/109241"
    }
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