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Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Explore image in Nishirvan and the Owls, from a manuscript of Nizami’s Makhazan al-Asrar
ca. 1550
Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
without mounting: 4 15/16 × 4 3/16 in. (12.5 × 10.7 cm)
with mounting: 12 5/8 × 7 7/8 in. (32 × 20 cm)
with mounting: 12 5/8 × 7 7/8 in. (32 × 20 cm)
Gift of Mary Burns Foss
1983.94.15
Geography:
Iran
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period:
Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
Classification:
Paintings
Provenance:
Sale Sevadjian, Paris, France, possibly 1927. Acquired by Emile Tabbagh (1879–1933) Collection, Paris, France, New York; sale Tabbagh estate, Anderson Gallery, New York, Jan 3-4, 1936 lot 37; Mary Burns Foss (Mrs. Wilson P. Foss Jr.) (1896–1987); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1983
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
