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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.242
Title
Four Bostanjis (Gardeners) in a Landscape
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1640-1650
Places
Creation Place: Middle East
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215906

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
sight: 21.3 × 18.3 cm (8 3/8 × 7 3/16 in.)
frame: 48.3 × 38.1 × 1.9 cm (19 × 15 × 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jean Pozzi, Paris (before 1967), his sale; [Vente Pozzi, Palais Galliera, Paris]. [Joseph Soustiel, Paris, 7 December 1970], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Footnote:
Edwin Binney, "Turkish Treasures From the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd", Portland Museum of Art, Portland Oregon, 1979, p.94.
Jean Pozzi (1884-1967), the French Ambassador to Constantinople in the 1930s.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.242
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • [Reproduction only], [Exhibition listing with image], Harvard University Gazette,
  • Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR, 1979), page 94-95/figure 58

Exhibition History

  • Recent Acquisitions , Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/15/1986 - 01/04/1987
  • The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/16/1987 - 08/02/1987
  • The Ottoman Empire: A Culture and Its Impact, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/25/1989 - 05/21/1989
  • The Ottomans and their Contemporaries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/21/1992 - 05/17/1992
  • Earthly Paradise: Gardens in Islamic Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/08/1993 - 08/22/1993

Verification Level

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