Unknown Maker, Iran

A Dervish Crossing the River on a Prayer Carpet, Shibanid

Maker

Culture

Iran

Title

A Dervish Crossing the River on a Prayer Carpet

Year

Shibanid

Medium

watercolor

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

22.5 x 12.1 cm (8 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: The poem in upper side of the folio in Persian:
مخور غم برای من ای پر خرد
مرا آنکس آرد که کشتی برد
بکسترد سجاده بر روی آب
خیالست پنداشتم یا بخواب

Translation: Do not be sorrowful for me, O full of wisdom,
the one who navigates the ship, will bring me
he spread the praying carpet on the water
I thought it was a dream or I am in a sleep

(translated by Mohadeseh Salari Sardari, PhD student, Brown University, 2023)

Place

Origin: Iran

Type

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

17.413

A Dervish Crossing the River on a Prayer Carpet
Leaf from the book Boustan (بوستان)by poet Saadi (سعدی)

Inscription Text/Poem: The poem in upper side of the folio in Persian:
مخور غم برای من ای پر خرد
مرا آنکس آرد که کشتی برد
بکسترد سجاده بر روی آب
خیالست پنداشتم یا بخواب

Translation: Do not be sorrowful for me, O full of wisdom,
the one who navigates the ship, will bring me
he spread the praying carpet on the water
I thought it was a dream or I am in a sleep

(translated by Mohadeseh Salari Sardari, PhD student, Brown University, 2023)

Origin: Iran
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