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MS M.386.18

An archer on an aged horse.

second quarter of the 16th century.
378 x 241 mm
MS M.386.18

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.

Ms. illuminated in Persia in the second quarter of the 16th century.
Artist: after Muḥammad ʻAlī ibn Malik Ḥusain, who flourished 1630-1660.
The surround is cut from a manuscript, probably of Anṣārī's "Munājāt".
Miniature measures 117 x 1