- Provenance
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To 1931
Ajit Ghose, Calcutta to 1931 [1]From 1931
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ajit Ghose, Calcutta in 1931 [2]Notes:
[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.
[2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Ajit Ghose
- Label
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The Emperor Akbar commissioned the writing of the Tarikh-i-Alfi, (The History of a Thousand Years), to celebrate the year 1000 (1591-92) on the Muslim calendar. The manuscript probably contained hundreds of paintings, but only about thirty survive today.
- Published References
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- Mahfuzul Haq. Discovery of a Portion of the Original Illustrated Manuscript of Tarikh-i-Alfi written for the emperor Akbar”. vol. 5, July 1931. after p. 470.
- Ivan Stchoukine. La Peinture Indienne a l'epoque des Grands Moghols. Paris. .
- Anis Farooqi. Art of India and Persia. New Delhi. pl. 45.
- M.S. Dimand. Indian Miniature Paintings. Milan, n.d. p. 13, pl. 2.
- Milo Cleveland Beach. The Imperial Image: Paintings for the Mughal Court., 2nd ed. Washington and Ahmedabad, India, 2012. cat. 11B, p. 78.
- Milo Cleveland Beach. The Imperial Image: Paintings for the Mughal Court. Exh. cat. Washington, 1981. cat. 10b, pp. 92, 94.
- Percy Brown. Indian Painting under the Mughals: A.D. 1550 to A.D. 1750. New York. pp. 114-8, 122.
- Clement Huart. Les calligraphes et les miniaturistes de l'Orient musulman
. Paris. p. 338.
- Collection Area(s)
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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