"ThreeTypes of Reeds," Folio from a De Materia Medica

ca. 1595

Not on view

This rare painting was once part of a Persian-language manuscript of the De Materia Medica, created in Bijapur in the Deccan for Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II (r. 1579–1627). The text was written by Greek physician and botanist Dioscorides in the first century A.D., and was translated into Arabic in the medieval period. This page would have originally been part of a Persian manuscript translated from the Arabic version. Bamboo was known as a healing plant in India and was used as a tonic for respiratory diseases.

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Title: "ThreeTypes of Reeds," Folio from a De Materia Medica
Date: ca. 1595
Geography: Country of Origin India
Medium: Opaque color on paper
Dimensions: Image: H. 15 13/16 in. (40.2 cm)
W. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
Frame: H. 20 3/8 in. (51.8 cm)
W. 15 in. (38.1 cm)
D. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit Line: Howard Hodgkin Collection, Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions, Harris Brisbane Dick, and 2020 Benefit Funds; Howard S. and Nancy Marks, Lila Acheson Wallace, and Friends of Islamic Art Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and funds from various donors, 2022
Object Number: 2022.197
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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