Portrait of Asalat Khan
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1645
label: Period
content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Shah Jahan
notes: label: Court
content: Mughal Court
label: School/Tradition
content: Mughal school
label: Description
content: Portrait of a standing man, wearing white and holding a sword and shield, against a green background.
label: Inscriptions
content: Beside the figure is written: [Sanskrit] Asalat Khan
label: Provenance
content: To 1929
label: Provenance
content: Kirkor Minassian, New York to 1929 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1929
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York in 1929 [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)
label: Exhibition History
content: Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)
place: label: Origin
content: India
topic: label: Topic
content: portrait
label: Topic
content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
label: Topic
content: Reign of Shah Jahan (1628 - 1658)
label: Topic
content: India
label: Topic
content: shield
label: Topic
content: South Asian and Himalayan Art
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1929.81
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16.1 x 9.2 cm (6 5/16 x 3 5/8 in)