1956.23: Qanbar Delivers `Ali's Letter to Mir Sayyaf (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khavarannama by Muhammad ibn Husam

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1956.23

People

Unknown Artist

Title

Qanbar Delivers `Ali's Letter to Mir Sayyaf (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khavarannama by Muhammad ibn Husam

Classification

Manuscripts

Work Type

manuscript folio

Date

c. 1477

Places

Creation Place: Middle East, Iran

Period

Aq Qoyunlu period

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/169437

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

folio: 39.5 x 28.7 cm (15 9/16 x 11 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[H. Khan Monif, Persian Antique Gallery, New York, (by 1956)], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1956.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund

Accession Year

1956

Object Number

1956.23

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Robert Hillenbrand, Imperial Images in Persian Painting: A Scottish Arts Council Exhibition, exh. cat., Scottish Arts Council Gallery (Edinburgh, 1977), no. 116, p. 56, repro.
• Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), pp. 9, 33 , 42-43, no. 11, ill.

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/03/2015 - 04/26/2016

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