AlbumsOttoman17th-18th century

A Water Carrier (saka), folio from an album

17th-18th century

Classification

Albums

Medium

Opaque watercolor on paper

Culture

Ottoman

Period

Ottoman period

Century

17th-18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

22.1 x 12.6 cm (8 11/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Provenance

[Hotel George V, Paris, 30 October 1975, lot 437], [through Anne-Marie Kevorkian], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1975, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

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