Text Page from "Khusraw and Shirin"

Series TitleKhamsa

Author Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (Indian, 16th century)

Date16th century

MediumInk, colors, and gold on paper

DimensionsSheet: 9 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (23.5 × 17.15 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number44-22/5

On View

Not on view

Collections

South and Southeast Asian Art

Terms

Exhibition History

Peasants and Nomads of the Arab World, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM, October 1, 1958–February 28, 1959.

Provenance

Private collection, Delhi, India, by 1944;

Purchased by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1944 [1].

[1] Purchased by Laurence Sickman while stationed in Asia during World War II, NAMA curatorial files.

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