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Hamza Nama: Iskandar Finds the Infant Darab in the Water
June 30, 1556
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Akbar 1556–1605
Hamza Nama: Iskandar Finds the Infant Darab in the Water
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Hamza Nama: Iskandar Finds the Infant Darab in the Water Indian, Mughal Mughal period about 1570 Object Place: Northern India MEDIUM/TECHNIQUE Ink, color, and gold on a textile support mounted on paper DIMENSIONS Overall: 68.5 x 52 cm (26 15/16 x 20 1/2 in.) CREDIT LINE Horace G. Tucker Memorial Fund and Seth Augustus Fowle Fund ACCESSION NUMBER 24.129 COLLECTIONS Asia CLASSIFICATIONS Paintings PROVENANCE Reiza Khan Monif, Paris and New York; February 29-March 1, 1924, R. Khan Monif estate sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, lot 384, sold to the MFA for $310. (Accession Date: March 6, 1924)
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