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Leaf from Prayer Book

Provenance Credit

Provenance Vizier al-Shahid 'Ali Pasha, ca. 1130 AH/AD 1717 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown] [waqf-seal impression of the Vizier dated 1130 AH/AD 1717 with the original shelf mark 1414 on fols. 2a, 2b, and 3a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creators

'Ali ibn Abi Talib (died 40 AH/AD 661) (Author)
Kamal ibn `Abd al-Haqq al-Sabzawari (Iranian, died after 1558) (Scribe)
Kamal ibn `Abd al-Haqq al-Sabzawari (Iranian, died after 1558) (Illuminator)

Period

941 AH/AD 1534

Medium

ink and pigments on laid paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.579.9A

Measurements

H: 9 1/4 x W: 6 1/2 in. (23.5 x 16.5 cm)

Geographies

Iran, Gorgan (Astarabad) (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View