Mule (painting, recto; text, verso), Illustrated folio from Manafi Al-Hayawan of Ibn Bakhtishu

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1960.204
People: Unknown Artist
Title: Mule (painting, recto; text, verso), Illustrated folio from Manafi Al-Hayawan of Ibn Bakhtishu
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Manafi Al-Hayawan
Classification: Manuscripts
Work Type: manuscript folio
Date: 1300s
Places: Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Maraga
Period: Ilkhanid period
Culture: Persian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/215395

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 26.2 x 20 cm (10 5/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Accession Year: 1960
Object Number: 1960.204
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Eric Schroeder, "Mrs. Rockefeller's Miniatures at the Fogg", The Connoisseur (August 1961), vol. 148, pp. 70-75, fig. 5
Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), pp. 22, 112, no. 48

Exhibition History

Unidentified Exhibition, Arts Club of Chicago, 1963, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, 01/01/1963 - 12/31/1963
32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/14/2015 - 11/03/2015

Verification Level

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