"Sultan Listening to a Man Reading from a Manuscript", Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'i

Author Attributed to Mir Ali Shir Nava'i

early 16th century

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Title: "Sultan Listening to a Man Reading from a Manuscript", Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'i
Author: Attributed to Mir Ali Shir Nava'i (present-day Afghanistan, Herat 1441–1501 Herat)
Date: early 16th century
Geography: Attributed to present-day Uzbekistan, Bukhara
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
W. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit Line: Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1940
Object Number: 40.39.1
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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