Object Details
- Court
- Mughal Court
- School/Tradition
- Mughal school
- Description
- Portrait of a standing man, wearing white and holding a sword and shield, against a green background.
- Inscriptions
- Beside the figure is written: [Sanskrit] Asalat Khan
- Provenance
- To 1929
- Kirkor Minassian, New York to 1929 [1]
- From 1929
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York in 1929 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.
- [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)
- Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- ca. 1645
- Period
- Mughal dynasty, Reign of Shah Jahan
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 16.1 x 9.2 cm (6 5/16 x 3 5/8 in)
- Type
- Painting
