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Sultan Mehmed II (r. 1451-81)
View through Harvard Museums
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Possibly Kevorkian Foundation New York (by 1953) sold; [through Sotheby's London 12 April 1976 lot 60] sold; to Edwin Binney 3rd San Diego California (1976-1985) bequest; to The Fogg Museum.
NOTE:
Stored at the San Diego Museum of Art from some time before 1986 until 1991 then at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 1991 -- 2011.
Footnote:
Edwin Binney "Turkish Treasures From the Collection of Edwin Binney 3rd" Portland Museum of Art Portland Oregon 1979 p.69
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
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