ManuscriptsPersian15th century
Qanbar Delivers `Ali's Letter to Mir Sayyaf (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khavarannama by Muhammad ibn Husam
c. 1477
Dimensions
folio: 39.5 x 28.7 cm (15 9/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Provenance
[H. Khan Monif, Persian Antique Gallery, New York, (by 1956)], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1956.
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