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Page from a Chaghatay Manuscript Depicting Punishments in Hell for Offenses in Life19th century

Not on view
Ink and color drawing on aged parchment of a standing humanoid figure surrounded by radiating snakes, with Arabic script inscriptions at the top

Unknown, Page from a Chaghatay Manuscript Depicting Punishments in Hell for Offenses in Life, 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Page from a Chaghatay Manuscript Depicting Punishments in Hell for Offenses in Life
Place Made
Turkestan
Date Made
19th century
Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
9 x 7 in. (22.7 x 17.7 cm) irregular
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.581h
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.