Blue Iris
A.H. 1074-1075/1663-1664 C.E.
Muhammad Zaman
Persian, active 1649-1704
Arts of the Islamic World
- Maker/Artist
- Muhammad Zaman
- Classification
- Work on Paper
- Formatted Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor on paper; gilded borders
- Locations
- Place made: Isfahan, Iran
- Dynasty
- Safavid
- Period
- Safavid
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 13 1/16 x 8 3/8 in. (33.2 x 21.3 cm) Image: 7 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (19 x 11.1 cm)
- Inscribed
- Inscribed in Persian nasta'liq script: "Ya Sahib al-Zaman" ("O Lord of Time", allegorical signature of Muhammad Zaman) above to the right and left.
- Departments
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Accession Number
- 86.23
- Credit Line
- Hagop Kevorkian Fund and Special Middle Eastern Art Fund
- Exhibitions
- Lacquer: A Panorama of Asian Decorative Arts
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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