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Camel and keeper

Artist: signed by Shaykh Muhammad1556-57 (964 A.H.)

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Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Washington, DC, United States

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Title: Camel and keeper
Creator: Artist: signed by Shaykh Muhammad
Date Created: 1556-57 (964 A.H.)
Location: Iran, Mashhad
External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Freer|Sackler collection, please visit http://www.asia.si.edu/.
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Historical Period: Safavid period
Credit Line: Purchase
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art

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