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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.131
Title
The Constellation Serpentarius (painting, recto and verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib by al-Sufi
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
15th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/169497

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
folio: 21.5 x 14.7 cm (8 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession Year
1919
Object Number
1919.131
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Eric Schroeder, Persian Miniatures in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1942), pp. 82-86, fig. 11 (recto)
  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), p. 115, no. 70

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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