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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.161.4
Title
Folio 4 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Dancer with finger-cymbals (recto); Embracing couple approached by a woman (verso)
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
19th century
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/98383

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red ink on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Black ink and black counterproof on off-white modern laid paper, with gold and ink margin lines; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (verso)
Dimensions
Folio: 32.5 x 22 cm
Recto: sheet: 20.7 x 12.3 cm
Verso: sheet: 15.6 x 13.7 cm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: Recto: watermark: T or cross in decorative border (partial)
  • watermark: Verso: watermark: words AL MAS (partial)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.161.4
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • David Roxburgh, ed., An Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), pp. 27, 56, 80-82, 93-94, ill.; p. 110; folios 4a-b

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