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

Classification

Manuscripts

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Culture

Ottoman

Period

Ottoman period

Century

16th-17th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

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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