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

Classification

Manuscripts

Medium

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Culture

Persian

Century

18th-19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

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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