Art Institute of Chicago
Chained Prisoners are Brought Before a King, a scene from the Gulistan of Sa'di
Uzbekistan
- Date
- c. 1550
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor with gold on paper
- Culture
- Bukhara
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300427607
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