album;
painting
- Museum number
- 1974,0617,0.15.37
- Description
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Shah ʿAbbas I receiving Khan ʿÁlam; single-page painting mounted on an album folio. Khan ʿÁlam, ambassador from Jahángír in 1617 AD, is kneeling in front of the shah, himself kneeling on a carpet. Each figure is flanked by four attendants. Musicians are seated in the middle ground, and soldiers with their horses are lined up in the background. Flat green ground. Album contains forty leaves of calligraphy and paintings.
Ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper. Album has lacquered covers decorated with a central flower design and floral border. Concertina-style (accordian-style) binding. Reads right to left.
- Production date
- 18thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 29.80 centimetres (album)
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Height: 29.50 centimetres (folio)
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Height: 29.20 centimetres (image)
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Width: 19.70 centimetres (album)
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Width: 19.50 centimetres (folio)
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Width: 17.40 centimetres (image)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1974,0617,0.15 .1-.40 for all folios in this album.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2015 11 Mar - 8 Jul, BM, G34, 'The Prince and the Pir: representations of dervishes and mysticism in Iran and India' 1974,0617,0.15.29 and 30 displayed
2013 - 2014 27 Sep - 12 Jan, Zurich, Museum Rietberg, 'The Fascination of Persia' 1974,0617,0.15.24 displayed
2009 19 Feb-14 Jun, BM, Round Reading Room, 'Shah 'Abbas: The Remaking of Iran'
- Acquisition date
- 1974
- Acquisition notes
- From an album (Or 1373) acquired by the British Museum in 1875 from Sir Charles Murray (1806-1895). Transferred from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books (OMPB) in 1974.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1974,0617,0.15.37
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: OR 1373
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Miscellaneous number: OR 56
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Miscellaneous number: OR1373
