Alexander the Great Discovers Kanifu’s Identity
On this folio from Walters manuscript W.624, when the brave captive Chinese warrior Kanifu is stripped of armor, Alexander the Great and his retinue are amazed to discover that the warrior is a woman.
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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, 1931, by bequest.
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.624.135A |
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