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Sash with Small Male Figures
This long sash would have been folded lengthwide and wrapped many times around its wearer's outer robe. The decoration of the narrow bands running along the top, bottom, and middle includes small male figures in the style of contemporary miniature painting.
Provenance
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1949 | The Arts of Persia. |
Geographies
Iran
(Place of Origin)
India (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 180 11/16 × W: 23 3/8 in. (459 × 59.4 cm); Framed, H: 74 × W: 26 × D: 6 in. (188 × 66 × 15.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
83.14