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An Amir Offering a Whip to a Caliph
An Amir Offering a Whip to a Caliph

An Amir Offering a Whip to a Caliph

Series TitleThe Majma' al-Tavarikh
CulturePersian
Dateca. 1425-1435
MediumWatercolor, ink, and gold leaf on paper
DimensionsImage: 5 7/8 × 9 3/4 inches (14.92 × 24.77 cm)
Sheet: 13 5/8 × 9 3/4 inches (34.61 × 24.77 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number47-44/3
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Exhibition History

Imperial Images in Persian Painting, Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, August 13-September 11, 1977, no. 68.

Provenance

With Hassan Khan Monif (1888-1964), Persian Antique Gallery, New York, by 1947;

Purchased from Hassan Khan Monif by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1947.

Published References

Robert Hillenbrand, Imperial Images in Persian Painting, exh. cat. (Edinburgh: Scottish Arts Council Gallery, 1977), 38, (repro.).

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