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Plowing and Selling Produce

Style of Riza 'Abbasi (Persian, ca. 1565-1635) (Artist)
Yar Muhammad al-Haravi (Islamic, active ca. 922 AH/AD 1516) (?) (Artist)
late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)
ink, paint, and gold on paper
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)

The inscription Riza 'Abbasi appears in the rocks in the center foreground (a later spurious attribution) on this minature from Walters manuscript leaf W.749. The image is surrounded by a border of two-toned floral and fauna motifs on salmon-tinted paper.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Kelekian Estate, 1952, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1952, by purchase.

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Geographies

Iran, Isfahan (Place of Origin) Iran, Qazvin (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Folio H: 11 1/4 x W: 6 7/8 in. (28.5 x 17.5 cm); Miniature H: 5 9/16 x W: 3 7/16 in. (14.2 x 8.7 cm)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, 1952

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.

W.749.A

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Image for Single Leaf of Plowing and Selling Produce

Single Leaf of Plowing and Selling Produce

Style of Riza 'Abbasi (Persian, ca. 1565-1635)
late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)
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