"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Mir 'Ali Haravi

Date
recto: ca. 1610; verso: ca. 1530–50
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
H. 15 3/16 in. (38.6 cm) W. 10 3/16 in. (25.9 cm)
Object type
Album leaf
Classification
Codices
Country
India
Object number
55.121.10.18
Credit line
Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955

Artist information

died ca. 1550

Subjects and terms

  • Musical Instruments
  • Men
  • Dancing
  • Music

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