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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.481
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Battle of the Clans, from an illustrated manuscript of Sufi Poetry
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
15th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Shiraz
Period
Turkman period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216337

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, Opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
11.3 x 9.8 cm (4 7/16 x 3 7/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.481
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), pp. 44-45, no. 12, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Eyes to the East: Indian, Persian, and Turkish Art Given by Harvard Graduates, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/1990 - 11/25/1990
  • 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/26/2016 - 11/01/2016; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/31/2022 - 04/17/2023

Verification Level

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