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Shirwa Ascends His Father's Throne
Shirwa Ascends His Father's Throne

Shirwa Ascends His Father's Throne

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 number44-22/4
On View
Not on view
DescriptionFrom the second poem, "Khusraw and Shirin"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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