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"Alexander is Lowered into the Sea", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
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Main support: Ink watercolor gold on paper
Margins: Gold on dyed paper
Rights: Public Domain
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran 1913
Title: "Alexander is Lowered into the Sea", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
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Main support: Ink watercolor gold on paper
Margins: Gold on dyed paper.
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