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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.220
Title
Illustrated Manuscript of the Kitab-i-Shah u Geda (The Shah and the Beggar) by Yahya Beg
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript
Date
c. 1580-1590
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216219

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Painting with text; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
19 x 13 x 1.3 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jean Pozzi, Paris (before 1967), his sale; [Vente Pozzi, Palais Galliera, Paris, 5 December 1970, lot 114] sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Footnote:
Edwin Binney, "Turkish Treasures From the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd", Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon, 1979, p.41

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.220
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR, 1979), page 41/figure 18

Exhibition History

  • The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/16/1987 - 08/02/1987
  • Saints, Shrines and Pilgrimages, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/06/1991 - 06/09/1991
  • Divinely Inspired: Images of Mystics and Mendicants, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/16/1999 - 03/29/1999

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