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Album of illustrations of Hamzanama (The Adventures of Amir Hamza)
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The album consists of four folios in accordion style, illustrating the stories of the Hamzanama. There are six paintings depicting five composite animals and seven winged female figures, and each painting has a caption in Persian. Each painting is highlighted with gold, red and blue. Each painting is remounted within two borders decorated with flowers on three sides. The style of the drawings and the decoration in the frames are consistent with Kashmiri manuscripts of the 18th century. The album has a red leather binding.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar Geneva Switzerland (by 2014) by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar Houston Texas (2014) loan; to Harvard Art Museums 2015.
Note:
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Loan from A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar
Title: Album of illustrations of Hamzanama (The Adventures of Amir Hamza)
Description:
The album consists of four folios in accordion style, illustrating the stories of the Hamzanama.
There are six paintings depicting five composite animals and seven winged female figures, and each painting has a caption in Persian.
Each painting is highlighted with gold, red and blue.
Each painting is remounted within two borders decorated with flowers on three sides.
The style of the drawings and the decoration in the frames are consistent with Kashmiri manuscripts of the 18th century.
The album has a red leather binding.
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