File:Alexander is Lowered into the Sea.jpg

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English: "Alexander is Lowered into the Sea", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Mukunda

Author: 

   Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (1253–1325)

Object Name: 

   Illustrated manuscript, folio

Reign: 

   Akbar (1556–1605)

Date: 

   1597–98

Geography: 

   India

Medium: 

   Main support: Ink, watercolor, gold on paper Margins: Gold on dyed paper

Dimensions: 

   9 3/8 x 6 1/4in. (23.8 x 15.9cm)

Classification: 

   Codices

Credit Line: 

   Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913

Accession Number: 

   13.228.27

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 463

The Khamsa of the Indian poet Amir Khusrau includes a section on the philosopher-king Alexander the Great, who in Khusrau’s telling of his life led expeditions to China, Russia, and the Western Isles. In this copy of the Khamsa made for the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556–1605), Alexander is shown being lowered into the sea in a glass diving bell. While underwater, he will receive a visit from an angel who foretells his death.
Date 1597–98
Source https://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/140003774?rpp=20&pg=8&ao=on&ft=mughal+empire&pos=145
Author Mukunda

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