Main Title: "Great Hornbill," folio from the Shah Jahan Album (NY Met 55.121.10.14) Image Title: f. 5v: Page of calligraphy; a mu'amma (riddle) surrounded by Persian ghazals by Suhayli and Asafi (full page) 23901068
Main Title: "Great Hornbill," folio from the Shah Jahan Album (NY Met 55.121.10.14) Image Title: f. 5v: Page of calligraphy; a mu'amma (riddle) surrounded by Persian ghazals by Suhayli and Asafi (full page) 23901068
Main Title: "Great Hornbill," folio from the Shah Jahan Album (NY Met 55.121.10.14) Image Title: f. 5v: Page of calligraphy; a mu'amma (riddle) surrounded by Persian ghazals by Suhayli and Asafi (full page) 23901068
Culture: Indian, Mughal, IslamicMaterials/Techniques: gold, ink, opaque watercolor, paper, opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paperNote: Attribution: Mansur, painter (active ca. 1589–1626)Note: Provenance: Jack S. Rofe, Scotland (in 1929; sale, Sotheby's London,December 12, 1929, to Kevorkian); [ Hagop Kevorkian, New York, 1929–55; gift and sale to MMA]. Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955.Note: Inscription: Signature: 55.121.10.14 recto: ; In Persian, in lower left of central panel: The slave Mir 'Ali. ; Inscription: 55.121.10.14 verso: ; Persian Inscription, in lower part of second border (in Jahangir's hand): "Work of Ustad Mansur" ; Marking: 55.121.10.14 verso: ; Margin number '43' is inscribed in the gilt margin.