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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.221
Title
Battle Scene, folio from possibly a manuscript of the Timur Nama of Hatifi
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Timur Nama
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1580-1595
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215994

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
folio: 33.2 x 22.4 cm (13 1/16 x 8 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1966, lot 12], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1966, bequest; to Harvard Art Museum, 1985.

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
1985.221
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR, 1979), page 45/figure 21

Exhibition History

  • The Ottomans and their Contemporaries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/21/1992 - 05/17/1992
  • Shadows of God On Earth: Arts of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Dynasties, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/21/1997 - 08/31/1997

Verification Level

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