ManuscriptsOttoman16th-17th century
The Ka`ba at Mecca (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 20 (detached) from a Manuscript of a Majmu`a of Persian Texts
c. 1550-1600
Dimensions
22.23 x 14.29 cm (8 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.)
Provenance
[Sidy, Paris 2 July 1968], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1968, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985
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