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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

With Krishna & Sons, Delhi, India, by April 4, 1944 [1];

Purchased from Krishna & Sons by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1944 [2].

NOTES:

[1] “Objects Acquired for the Museum by Laurence Sickman,” Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG80-15 William Rockhill Nelson Trust Office Records, series 9, box 11.

[2] Curator of Asian Art Laurence Sickman purchased this object while stationed in the India during his military service in World War II.

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