Jali

CultureIndian
Titles
  • Jali
Date1605–1627
MediumSandstone; carved and pierced
Dimensions49 5/8 × 37 × 3 3/8 in. (126 × 94 × 8.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Rania and Jamal Daniel
Object number2013.83
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
113 Islamic Art Gallery
On view

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ProvenancePossibly Prince Boncompagni Ludovisi family; Private collection, Somerset, England since 1980s; [Francesca Galloway, London]; purchased by MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition History"Peacock in the Desert: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 4–August 19, 2018.

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