ManuscriptsPersian16th century
The Captain Throws the Slave into the Sea (painting recto; text verso of folio 41), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di
16th century
Provenance
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market.
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