ManuscriptsPersian16th century
Battle Scene, folio from possibly a manuscript of the Timur Nama of Hatifi
c. 1580-1595
Dimensions
folio: 33.2 x 22.4 cm (13 1/16 x 8 13/16 in.)
Provenance
[Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1966, lot 12], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1966, bequest; to Harvard Art Museum, 1985.
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