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Album page: young man on horseback
Persian
Safavid
16th century
Object Place: possibly Qazvin, Iran
Medium/Technique
Ink and slight color on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 32.9 × 22.2 cm (12 15/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.31
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionPage from a muraqqa (album) of 14 leaves. One side shows a young man on horseback. Arabesque borders and inscription at top and bottom. Other side bears unsigned calligraphy.
ProvenanceBy 1913, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1915, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: January 7, 1915)