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Portrait of a Ottoman Gardener or Guard
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Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Possibly J.W. Williamson London (by 1931). [Sven Gahlin London January 1968] sold in Boston; to Edwin Binney 3rd 1968 bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums 1985.
Footnote:
Edwin Binney "Turkish Treasures From the Collection of Edwin Binney 3rd" Portland Museum of Art Portland Oregon 1979 p.134.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
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