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Nomadic Encampment, probably a folio from a manuscript of Layla va Majnun by Jami
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Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Louis Cartier Collection Paris (1910-1958). John Goelet New York (by 1958) gift; to the Fogg Art Museum.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of John Goelet formerly in the collection of Louis J. Cartier
Title: Nomadic Encampment, probably a folio from a manuscript of Layla va Majnun by Jami
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