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Seven Passages to a Flight

Artist:
Faith Ringgold, 8 Oct 1930 - 12 Apr 2024  Search this
Sitter:
Faith Ringgold, 8 Oct 1930 - 12 Apr 2024  Search this
Medium:
Book of hand-painted etchings with pochoir borders on linen
Dimensions:
Book open: 24.2 × 39.4 × 2.1 cm (9 1/2 × 15 1/2 × 13/16")
Case: 26 × 21.3 × 2.9 cm (10 1/4 × 8 3/8 × 1 1/8")
Type:
Book
Date:
1998
Topic:
Architecture\Bridge  Search this
Self-portrait  Search this
Faith Ringgold: Female  Search this
Faith Ringgold: Visual Arts\Artist\Sculptor  Search this
Faith Ringgold: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.2004.24
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Faith Ringold / Artists Rights Society (ARS)
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Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm48329b4bf-3c40-4825-8980-f20af6e08284
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2004.24

Bookcovers from a volume of the Gulshan Album (Rose Garden album)

Medium:
Painted with colors and gold and lacquered, also leather and possibly mother-of-pearl.
Dimensions:
H x W x D (without straps): 42.7 x 26.2 x 1 cm (16 13/16 x 10 5/16 x 3/8 in)
Type:
Book
Origin:
India
Date:
ca. 1595-1632
Period:
Mughal dynasty
Topic:
lacquer  Search this
dragon  Search this
flower  Search this
hunting  Search this
elephant  Search this
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)  Search this
holy man  Search this
simurgh  Search this
India  Search this
ostrich  Search this
lettering  Search this
South Asian and Himalayan Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1999.2a-b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Worlds within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye33d8b0f53-4dc0-4e2d-a103-32f4291d6158
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1999.2a-b
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Montjoie

Artist:
Sonia Delaunay, French, b. Hradyz’k, Ukraine, 1885–1979  Search this
Medium:
binding: oil on leather; pages: ink on paper
Dimensions:
book: 16 1/4 × 11 1/4 × 3/4 in. (41 × 28.4 × 1.8 cm) box: 17 × 11 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (43 × 30 × 3.8 cm)
Type:
Drawing/book
Date:
1914
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1978
Accession Number:
78.95
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
On View:
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py20e1599f1-fdbc-48f1-94a6-c396724880ed
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:hmsg_78.95

Dyer's record book

Medium:
Medium: paper, printed cotton
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 28 × 38.5 × 13.2 cm (11 in. × 15 3/16 in. × 5 3/16 in.)
Type:
sample books
Dyer's record book
Made in:
USA
Date:
1886–1888
Accession Number:
1956-127-1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b0a4faba-1000-4849-af18-fb04926e97d1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1956-127-1

Shibai kinmō zui 劇場訓蒙図彙

Artist:
Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英 (1762-1819)  Search this
Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国 (1769-1825)  Search this
Author:
Shikitei Sanba 式亭三馬 (1776-1822)  Search this
Publisher:
Morimoto Bunkindo 森本文金堂  Search this
Hanamoto Bunshodo 華本文昌堂  Search this
Block carver:
Seiundo Mohe 晴雲堂茂兵衛  Search this
Calligrapher:
Eishosai Choki 栄松斎長喜 (active ca. 1780-1810)  Search this
Medium:
Woodblock printed; ink on paper; paper covers
Dimensions:
H x W x D (Vols. 1-4 each): 22.5 x 15.8 x 0.8 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/4 x 5/16 in)
H x W x D (Vol. 5): 22.5 x 15.8 x 1 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/4 x 3/8 in)
Type:
Book
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1806 (Bunka 3) [second half of the 19th century reprint?]
Period:
Edo period
Topic:
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
theater  Search this
kabuki  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Gerhard Pulverer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Gerhard Pulverer Collection — Charles Lang Freer Endowment, Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art and the Harold P. Stern Memorial fund in appreciation of Jeffrey P. Cunard and his exemplary service to the Museum as chair of the Board of Trustees (2003-2007)
Accession Number:
FSC-GR-780.157.1-5
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
On View:
Sackler Gallery 25: Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints
Related Online Resources:
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The World of the Japanese Illustrated Book
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye36096cb9b-6ea7-4c6c-a107-fa82410c6040
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_FSC-GR-780.157.1-5

Hyakki yagyō 百鬼夜行

Artist:
Toriyama Sekien 鳥山石燕  Search this
Editor:
Gessha 月沙  Search this
Mogawa Shiko 百川子興  Search this
Publisher:
Izumoji Izuminojo 出雲寺和泉掾  Search this
Medium:
Woodblock printed; ink on paper; paper covers
Dimensions:
H x W x D (Vols. 1-3 each): 22.2 x 16 x 0.6 cm (8 3/4 x 6 5/16 x 1/4 in)
Type:
Book
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1776 (An'ei 5)
Period:
Edo period
Topic:
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Gerhard Pulverer collection  Search this
monster  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Gerhard Pulverer Collection — Charles Lang Freer Endowment, Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art and the Harold P. Stern Memorial fund in appreciation of Jeffrey P. Cunard and his exemplary service to the Museum as chair of the Board of Trustees (2003-2007)
Accession Number:
FSC-GR-780.621.1-3
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
On View:
Sackler Gallery 25: Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
The World of the Japanese Illustrated Book
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye37f72d59a-001f-4b64-8ab0-267749651f93
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_FSC-GR-780.621.1-3

Davy Crockett's 1837 Almanack of Wild Sports of the West

Associated Person:
David Crockett, 17 Aug 1786 - Mar 1836  Search this
Author:
Unidentified Author  Search this
Medium:
Bound collection of woodcuts on paper
Dimensions:
Book (closed): 19 × 11.4 cm (7 1/2 × 4 1/2")
Book (opened): 19 × 21.5 cm (7 1/2 × 8 7/16")
Type:
Book
Date:
1837
Topic:
Book  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.85.139
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4a6b60925-2e16-4b8d-86c5-6d72b4a64cd7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.85.139

Album of prints: Public Celebrations Given in Paris on the Occasions of the First and Second Marriages of Monseigneur le Dauphin in 1745 and 1747

Designer:
François Blondel, French, 1681–1756  Search this
Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734–1791  Search this
Charles Eisen, French, 1720–1778  Search this
Charles-François Hutin, French, 1715 - 1776  Search this
René-Michel Slodtz, French, 1705–1764  Search this
Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, French, 1715–1759  Search this
Calligrapher:
Marie F. Lattré, French, active eighteenth century  Search this
Print Maker:
Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, French, 1707–1783  Search this
Jean Ouvrier, French, 1725–1784  Search this
Jean Jacques Flipart, Franch, 1719–1782  Search this
Martin Marvie, French, 1713–1813  Search this
Pierre François Tardieu, French, 1711–1771  Search this
Publisher:
François Blondel, French, 1681–1756  Search this
Marguerite Caillou Chéreau, French, active 1729–1755  Search this
Bookbinder:
Georges Canape, French, 1864 – 1940  Search this
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 64 × 50 × 3 cm (25 3/16 × 19 11/16 × 1 3/16 in.)
Type:
albums (bound) & books
Book
Object Name:
Book
Made in:
France
Date:
1751
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number:
1921-6-207
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq486f4a68a-47a4-4a88-ab54-c854e4c17368
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-207
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Représentation des fêtes données par la ville de Strasbourg Pour la Convalescence du Roi ; à l'arrivée et pendant le séjour de sa Majesté en cette ville

Designer:
Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751  Search this
Print Maker:
Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751  Search this
Martin Marvie, French, 1713–1813  Search this
Johann Georg Wille, German, active France 1715–1808  Search this
J Chevallier, French, active 1744 – 1750  Search this
Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, French, 1707–1783  Search this
Calligrapher:
Le Parmentier, French, active 1737–1752  Search this
Printer:
Laurent Aubert, French, active mid 18th century  Search this
Bookbinder:
Antoine-Michel Padeloup, French, 1685 – 1758  Search this
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 63.7 × 48.2 × 3.1 cm (25 1/16 in. × 19 in. × 1 1/4 in.)
Type:
albums (bound) & books
Book
Object Name:
Book
Made in:
France
Place depicted:
Strasbourg, France
Published in:
Paris, France
Date:
1745
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number:
1921-6-208
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b67ba26d-96ee-43e0-adb5-722f932cdcf4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-208
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Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray.

Author:
Thomas Gray, British, 1716 – 1771  Search this
Artist:
Richard Bentley, British, 1708 – 1782  Search this
Publisher:
James Dodlsey, British, 1724 – 1797  Search this
Print Maker:
Johann Sebastian Müller, German, ca. 1715 - 1792  Search this
Charles Grignion I, British, 1717 - 1810  Search this
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 38.4 × 27.5 × 2.2 cm (15 1/8 × 10 13/16 × 7/8 in.)
Type:
albums (bound) & books
Book
Object Name:
Book
Made in:
England
Published in:
London, United Kingdom
Date:
1753
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number:
1921-6-550
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49d6bf953-a9f3-4f0a-bd2c-dd7626b6bd42
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-550
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Your World of Tomorrow

Designer:
Henry Dreyfuss , American, 1904 – 1972  Search this
Author:
Gilbert Seldes, American, 1893–1970  Search this
Medium:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
35 × 23 × 2 cm (13 3/4 × 9 1/16 × 13/16 in.)
Type:
Exhibitions
Book
Object Name:
Book
Date:
1939
Credit Line:
Smithsonian Libraries, T785.B1 Y58 1939
Accession Number:
113.2018.1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Exhibitions Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48aa01278-42e0-475e-a047-51849f5c8f3d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_113.2018.1

Album of Ornanment Designs

Designer:
Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769  Search this
Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772  Search this
Print Maker:
Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772  Search this
Publisher:
Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772  Search this
Medium:
Bound volume
Dimensions:
Overall: 53.3 x 43.8 cm (21x17 1/4 in.)
Type:
albums (bound) & books
Book
Object Name:
Book
Designed in:
Paris, France
Published in:
Paris, France
Date:
1738–61
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number:
1921-6-213
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43e620c6a-6cbb-4fbc-9b36-949ff28a86f5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-213
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60 PLANCHES D’ORFÈVRERIE De la Collection DE PAUL EUDEL pour faire suite aux ÉLÉMENT D’ORFÈVRERIE Composés par PIERRE GERMAIN

Type:
albums (bound) & books
Book
Object Name:
Book
Made in:
France
Date:
1884
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number:
1921-6-549
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4701e1a0f-4174-4708-b626-768d3e844c23
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-549

Book cover

Medium:
Medium: silk, metallic thread, isinglass, paper, paper board
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 17.8 × 10.4 cm (7 × 4 1/8 in.)
Type:
embroidery & stitching
Book cover
Made in:
Spain
Date:
18th century
Credit Line:
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Accession Number:
1925-2-330
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Textiles Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e413ca53-832c-41d4-bffa-d829bf40159b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1925-2-330

Symbol Sourcebook: An Authorative Guide to International Graphic Symbols

Designer:
Henry Dreyfuss , American, 1904 – 1972  Search this
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill, New York, New York, USA  Search this
Medium:
Bound volume with color illustrations
Dimensions:
H x W x D (open ): 17.8 × 36.8 × 29.2 cm (7 in. × 14 1/2 in. × 11 1/2 in.)
Type:
archive
Book
Object Name:
Book
Published in:
New York, New York, USA
Date:
1972
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry Dreyfuss
Accession Number:
1972-88-1-29
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Archives Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4bffd80aa-3a2b-4c89-a23d-b9191949db93
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1972-88-1-29

Symbol Sourcebook: An Authorative Guide to International Graphic Symbols

Designer:
Henry Dreyfuss , American, 1904 – 1972  Search this
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill, New York, New York, USA  Search this
Medium:
Bound volume with color illustrations
Dimensions:
H x W x D (open): 17.8 × 36.8 × 29.2 cm (7 in. × 14 1/2 in. × 11 1/2 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Book
Object Name:
Book
Published in:
New York, New York, USA
Date:
1972
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry Dreyfuss
Accession Number:
1972-88-1-34
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Archives Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e1b5b948-0d1e-4c4e-8c37-3e3beaa74645
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1972-88-1-34

Sei shuku kai 星宿海

Artist:
Sekine Yoshio 関根寿雄 (Japan, 1922-1989)  Search this
Publisher:
Publisher unspecified  Search this
Medium:
Woodblock printed and stencil; ink and color on paper; paper hard cover
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 25 x 17.7 x 2.2 cm (9 13/16 x 6 15/16 x 7/8 in)
Type:
Book
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1986
Period:
Showa era
Topic:
Showa era (1926 - 1989)  Search this
Japan  Search this
constellation  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Gerhard Pulverer collection  Search this
Contemporary Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Gerhard Pulverer Collection — Charles Lang Freer Endowment, Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art and the Harold P. Stern Memorial fund in appreciation of Jeffrey P. Cunard and his exemplary service to the Museum as chair of the Board of Trustees (2003-2007)
Accession Number:
FSC-GR-780.529.1-2
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
The World of the Japanese Illustrated Book
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3942d75b9-24a7-4287-9edc-5bde9d0b6b64
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_FSC-GR-780.529.1-2

Bookbinding

Medium:
Brown leather, embossed decoration
Dimensions:
H x W: 23.5 x 15.2 cm (9 1/4 x 6 in)
Type:
Book
Origin:
India
Date:
1853-1854
Topic:
leather  Search this
flower  Search this
India  Search this
South Asian and Himalayan Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1907.691
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Google Cultural Institute
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye373b8ca9e-f8a4-421b-9002-ce8b27ee5eb1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1907.691
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Booking binding

Artist:
Mulla Sharif Kashghari (born 1859-60 (1276 A.H.))  Search this
Medium:
Leather
Dimensions:
H x W: 27.7 x 18.1 cm (10 7/8 x 7 1/8 in)
Type:
Book
Origin:
Kashgar province, China
Date:
late 19th century
Topic:
leather  Search this
China  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1907.692
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Google Cultural Institute
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d3641dfb-40f5-4bd1-9a3a-d48aa75e38a2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1907.692
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Bookbinding

Medium:
Red leather on pasteboard
Dimensions:
H x W: 33.9 x 20.5 cm (13 3/8 x 8 1/16 in)
Type:
Book
Origin:
Turkey
Date:
16th-17th century
Period:
Ottoman period
Topic:
leather  Search this
Ottoman period (1307 - 1922)  Search this
Turkey  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1929.20
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3a4867e4d-11d1-4ec4-a96c-2fce35966834
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1929.20
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