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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
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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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