"Sakyamuni (Buddha) Announces Another Prophet", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)

Medium

Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Painting: H. 6 in. (15.2 cm) W. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm) Page: H. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm) W. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Classification

Codices

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects, Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956

Accession Number

57.51.37.1

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