The Khaqan of China Pays Homage to Alexander the Great

1597-1598 (Mughal)

19 cm 28.5 cm

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On this folio from Walters manuscript W.624, the Khaqan of China prostrates himself before Alexander the Great. The gifts offered to the latter are seen in the foreground.

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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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