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A Sage Advises Khusraw When to Attack
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A Sage Advises Khusraw When to Attack

Series TitleThe Khamsa of Nizami
CulturePersian
Datelate 15th century
MediumInk, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
DimensionsImage: 4 x 3 3/4 inches (10.16 x 9.53 cm)
Sheet: 11 5/8 x 7 inches (29.53 x 17.78 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number47-44/1
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Gallery Location
  • 203
Collections
Exhibition History

Islamic Painting from American Collections, Syracuse University, The School of Art and The Department of Religion, Syracuse, NY, April 6-26, 1967, no. 30. as Page from Hafiz-I Abru, Majma al Tawarikh, written for Shah Rukh in 1423.

Mapping the Heavens: Art, Astronomy, and Exchange Between the Islamic Lands and Europe, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, December 14, 2024–January 11, 2026, no cat.



Provenance

With Persian Antique Gallery, New York, by 1947;

Purchased from Persian Antique Gallery by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1947.

Published References

Ernst J. Grube, Islamic Painting from American Collection, exh. cat. (Syracuse, NY: The School of Art, Syracuse University, 1967), 16.

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