AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1992.51
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Books
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Creator Name:
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Habib, Allah
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Habib Allah
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Title:
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Album leaf
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Title Type:
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Object name
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Title:
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A Stallion
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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late 16th century
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Creation Start Date:
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1566
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Creation End Date:
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1599
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Materials and Techniques:
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Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
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Classification Term:
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Codex
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Dimensions:
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Page: 11 7/8 x 8 in. (30.1 x 20.3 cm); Painting: 7 3/4 x 5 in. (19.7 x 12.7 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1992.51
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art, The Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection, Edward J.Gallagher Jr. Bequest and Richard S. Perkins and Margaret Mushekian Gifts, 1992
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Rights:
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Context:
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The brilliant bit of arabesque pattern in gold on the saddlecloth of this elegant stallion is an example of the "saz" style, which is distinguished by gracefully curving leaves with feathered edges, fantastic complex blossoms derived from Chinese prototypes, and elaborate combinations of vegetal forms, such as curved leaves half covering blossoms. This style, named for the "saz" (reed) pen employed in related drawings that were especially popular in Ottoman Turkey and in Iran and the Muslim courts of India, can be traced to Chinese-influenced Turkmen drawings of the fifteenth century. |
Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.is1992.51.R.tif
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