ManuscriptsPersian18th-19th century
Child with Chain around his Neck Punished by Serpents and Animal Figure (painting, recto) Child Flanked by Serpents (painting, verso), folio from a manuscript
18th-19th century
Dimensions
22.4 x 17.9 cm (8 13/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Provenance
[Naslli Heermaneck, New York ( before ? 1969)], sold; to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M73.5.581a (1969?-7 April 1975), traded; to Edwin Binney, 3rd (1975), bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.
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