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Khusraw and Shirin in their Wedding Chamber
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts, Islamic World )
This folio from Walters manuscript W.609 contains an image of Khusraw and Shirin in their wedding chamber. The image has been erased at some point in the manuscript's history. The inscription on the right reads: al-sultan al-'adil.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Muhammad Asharf ibn Muhammad Khatam al-Husayni, 1173 AH/AD 1759-1760 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fols. 1a and 401a]; Husayn …[?], 1308 AH/AD 1890-1891 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 1b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
India
(Place of Origin)
Afghanistan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 11 7/16 x W: 6 7/8 in. (29 x 17.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.609.106A
