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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.117.213
Title
Anvari's Requests are Brought (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 213 from a manuscript of the Divan of Anvari
Other Titles
Alternate Title: "A Party of Servants Bearing Gifts"; Folio 213b from a Divan of Anwari, copied for Emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605)
Series/Book Title: Divan of Anvari
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
1588
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, Pakistan, Punjab, Lahore
Period
Mughal period
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/169775

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
folio: 13.97 x 7.62 cm (5 1/2 x 3 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.117.213
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Anvari's Divan: A Pocket Book for Akbar, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/07/1984 - 03/28/1984

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