Keywords: Pakistani - Binding from Five Poems (Quintet) - Walters W624binding - Interior.jpg This binding from Walters manuscript W 624 is composed of lacquer with pictorial scenes The upper cover depicts an encounter between a prince and a reclusive sage; the lower cover depicts a host of fairies pummeling some outnumbered divs The doublures are decorated with a field of small floral pattern The binding was restored probably in Europe in the 13th century AH/AD 19th between 1597 1598 Mughal lacquer Folio cm 28 5 19 accession number W 624 binding 19829 Muhammad Zaki 1241 AH/AD 1825-1826 mode of acquisition unknown oval seal fols 1a 211a 'abd al-raji Muhammad Shafi' 1247 AH/AD 1831-1832 mode of acquisition unknown rectangular seal fols 1a 211a Muhammad 'Ali date and mode of acquisition unknown large oval seal with no date on fol 211a Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Pearls of the Parrot of India The Emperor Akbar's Illustrated Khamsa 1597-1598 The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 2005-2006 place of origin Lahore Pakistan Walters Art Museum license 2D Islamic bookbindings in the Walters Art Museum Khamsa of Amir Khusraw Walters MS 624 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |