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Authors
Attributed to Farrukh Chela, Calligraphy by Mir Ali al-Katib (died 1559-60 (AH 937))
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Worlds within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- Calligraphy ca.1540; "Chained Elephant" ca.1590, borders added ca. 1600
- Dates
- Mughal dynasty, Reign of Akbar
- Format
- Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Pages
- H x W (overall): 42.5 x 26.5 cm (16 3/4 x 10 7/16 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- F1956.12
- Rights
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/70b2a7ee15acdb6ecf3cc3e61fc5d681
