"Muhammad Ascends to Heaven in a Vision on Buraq", Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaikha of Jami

Author Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami Iranian

second half 16th century

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Title: "Muhammad Ascends to Heaven in a Vision on Buraq", Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaikha of Jami
Author: Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami (Iranian, Jam 1414–92 Herat)
Date: second half 16th century
Geography: Attributed to Iran, Shiraz
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm)
W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit Line: Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects, Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
Object Number: 57.51.39.152
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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