Alamshah cleaving asunder the chain of the wheel, from volume 11 of a Hamza-nama (Adventures of Hamza)
c. 1560s–70s
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Alamshah cleaving asunder the chain of the wheel, from volume 11 of a Hamza-nama (Adventures of Hamza), c. 1560s–70s. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cotton and paper; page: 83.7 x 67 cm (32 15/16 x 26 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George P. Bickford 1976.74 The title in the bottom margin is a continuation of the text on the previous page.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cotton and paper
- Dimensions
- Page: 83.7 x 67 cm (32 15/16 x 26 3/8 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1976.74
- Credit Line
- Gift of George P. Bickford
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review, 1976, The Year in Review for 1982, The Adventures of Hamza, Art and Stories from Mughal India, Martial Art of India (Indian Painting rotation), Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245); December 31, 2013 - June 30, 2014.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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