Cleveland Museum of Art
Calligraphy of Lyrical Quatrains (verso)
- Date
- mid-1700s
- Medium
- Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Culture
- Mughal India, probably Lucknow
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Floral sprigs illuminate the central calligraphic work, and paired verses have been written in smaller script all around the border. All the verses are about the beauty of—and longing for—the beloved.
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