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Sultan Murad III (r. 1574-1595) in his Library (painting, recto; text, verso) illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Javahir al Gharaib Tarjomat Bahr al-Aja'ib (Gems of Marvels: A Translation of the Sea of Wonders) of Jennabi(Cennabi)
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Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Jean Pozzi Paris (before 1967) his sale; [Vente Pozzi Palais Galliera Paris 5 December 1970 lot 114] sold; to Edwin Binney 3rd 1970 bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums 1985.
Footnotes:
Edwin Binney "Turkish Treasures From the Collection of Edwin Binney 3rd" Portland Museum of Art Portland Oregon 1979 p.33-40
Jean Pozzi (1884-1967) the French Ambassador to Constantinople in the 1930s.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Title: Sultan Murad III (r. 1574-1595) in his Library (painting, recto; text, verso) illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Javahir al Gharaib Tarjomat Bahr al-Aja'ib (Gems of Marvels: A Translation of the Sea of Wonders) of Jennabi(Cennabi)
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