Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto) (1520–1607): Art, History and Details

Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto) (1520–1607) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s); others (Indian).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This page contains two different texts, one written diagonally in the border and the other in the two central columns. The section of poetry in the border describes an episode from Joseph’s childhood in which his older brothers suggest to Jacob, their father, that they take Joseph into the countryside so that the boy can learn the area, although they actually plan to kill him. The poem in the central columns advises the reader to smile often, as a smile is sweeter and more pleasing than sugar.

Object facts

• Title: Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto)
• Date: 1520–1607
• Creator attribution: Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s); others (Indian)
• Culture: Northern India, Mughal, early 17th century
• Type: Painting
• Technique: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
• Dimensions: Page: 30.2 x 18.1 cm (11 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
• Collection: Indian Art - Mughal
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 2013.315.2.a

Collection credit

Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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