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A Beautiful Girl Gives Her Eyes to a King
A Beautiful Girl Gives Her Eyes to a King

A Beautiful Girl Gives Her Eyes to a King

Series TitleKhamsa
Former TitleA King and a Beautiful Girl
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 number44-22/2
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DescriptionIllustration to 20th magala from the Matla' al-Anwar, the first poem of the Khamsa.Exhibition History

Peasants and Nomads of the Arab World, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 1958- February 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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