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English: Illuminated frontispiece of a manuscript of Saadi's Bostan.
Français : Frontispice enluminé d'un manuscript du Bostan de Saadi.
Date 1514 (AH 920)
Medium opaque watercolor, ink and gold on parchment, leather
medium QS:P186,Q286
Dimensions height: 28 cm (11 in); width: 18.6 cm (7.3 in); depth: 3.2 cm (1.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,28U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,18.6U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,3.2U174728
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Department of Islamic Art, gallery 455
Accession number
1974.294.1
Object history
English: from Uzbekistan, probably Bukhara
Français : Provenance : Ouzbékistan, probablement Buchara
Credit line purchase through the Louis V. Bell Fund and The Vincent Astor Foundation gift, 1974
References Metropolitan Museum of Art: entry 140010057
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011)
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