ManuscriptsPersian15th century
Timur Celebrates His Conquest of Delhi (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from the Zafarnama (Book of Victory) of Sharaf al-Din 'Ali Yazdi
1436
Dimensions
folio: 28 x 16.8 cm (11 x 6 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Georges Joseph Demotte, Paris and New York, (by 1923). Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, NY, (by 1948), bequest; to the Fogg Museum, 1960. Notes: Georges Joseph Demotte (1877–1923) Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874 –1948)
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