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CultureIndian
Titles
  • Muslim Festival called Jamsay
  • Fête des musulmans - appelés Jamsay
Date1815–c. 1820
Made inIndia
MediumGraphite and watercolor on laid paper
DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 × 16 5/8 in. (20 × 42.2 cm)
Sheet: 11 13/16 × 19 1/16 in. (30 × 48.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edward and Kendall Ondarza
Object number2021.503
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
Provenance[Arader and Co., New York, 2002–2019]; Edward and Kendall Ondarza, Houston, 2019–2021; given to MFAH, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below image right: 37.
Recto: Inscribed in ink, below image left: No. 37.
Recto: Inscribed in ink, below image center: Tête des Musulmans - appelée Jamsay
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: [illegible]
Watermark at center: G. Wilmot / 1828

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