2009.202.214: Khusraw and Shirin (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2009.202.214

Title

Khusraw and Shirin (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Khamsa

Classification

Manuscripts

Work Type

manuscript folio

Date

15th century

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India

Period

Sultanate period

Culture

Indian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/216536

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions

folio: 32 × 22.8 cm (12 5/8 × 9 in.)
image: 15.4 × 23 cm (6 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
frame: 48.4 × 38.3 × 2.5 cm (19 1/16 × 15 1/16 × 1 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Stuart Cary Welch (by 1969 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1969.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch

Accession Year

2009

Object Number

2009.202.214

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Linear Graces ... and Disgraces: Part I, Drawings from the Courts of Persia, Turkey, and India, 15th-19th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/15/1994 - 12/11/1994
• Where Traditions Meet: Painting in India from the 15th-17th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/05/2003 - 12/07/2003

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