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The constellations of Capricorn and Aquarius
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Details
- Series
- The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence
- Associated place
- Date
- late 16th century - early 17th century
- Artist/maker
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Zakariya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (1203 - 1283) (author)
- Material and technique
- ink, colour, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
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mount 55.9 x 40.6 cm (height x width)
page 37.2 x 23 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.2575
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 18 July-13 September 1981, and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981, Eastern Ceramics and Other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger: Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition, Deborah Willis, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), no. 396 on p. 137, illus. p. 137
Carboni, Stefano, ‘Constellations, Giants and Angels from al-Qazwini Manuscripts’, James Allan, ed., Islamic Art in the Ashmolean Museum, Part One, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art, 10 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), x.1, pp. 83-87, fig. 1 p. 84
Location
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- currently in research collection
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