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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.205
Title
Falcon, illustrated folio from a manuscript of Manafi al-Hayawan (Benefits of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Manafi al-Hayawan
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
1300s
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Maraga
Period
Ilkhanid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213467

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
folio: 23.9 x 18 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.205
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Eric Schroeder, "Mrs. Rockefeller's Miniatures at the Fogg", The Connoisseur (August 1961), vol. 148, pp. 70-75, fig. 4
  • Stanley Ferber, ed., Islam and the Medieval West: A Loan Exhbition at the University Art Gallery April 6-May 4, 1975, University of New York (Binghamton, NY, 1975), fig. 68
  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), pp. 22, 112, no. 49
  • Penley Knipe, Katherine Eremin, Marc Walton, Agnese Babini, and Georgina Rayner, Materials and Techniques of Islamic Manuscripts, Heritage Science, Heritage Science (https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-018-0217-y, 2018), 6, 55, Figure 12 a-b, Page 23

Exhibition History

  • Islamic Art From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/1974
  • Diverse are their Hues: Animals in Islamic Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/18/1984 - 02/09/1985
  • 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/14/2015 - 11/03/2015

Verification Level

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