Ustad Mansur
Pigeons around a dovecote

Pigeons around a dovecote

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ArtistMughal, active c. 1589–1626
CultureIndian
Titles
  • Pigeons around a dovecote
Datec. 1650–1660
MediumInk, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
DimensionsImage (.A): 7 3/8 × 4 7/16 in. (18.7 × 11.3 cm)
 Sheet: 17 5/8 × 11 3/4 in. (44.8 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment
Object number2014.230.B
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Islamic Worlds
Object Type
Provenance[Colnaghi, P&D & Co., and Lloyd Collection, London, 1979]; [Francesca Galloway, London]; purchased by MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto, inscribed in Persian on the dovecote: "amal-i' Mansur naqqash" ("the work of the illuminator Mansur")
Verso: page of 10 lines of nasta'liq calligraphy from a Mughal manuscript

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