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Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 32.1 x 23.3 cm (12 5/8 x 9 3/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Shiraz, Iran
Date:
circa 1440
Period:
Timurid period
Description:
Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: four columns, twenty-five lines of text; verso: Jarira stabs herself by the bier of Farud; one of a group of five folios.
Border: The text and the painting are set in gold and black rulings on cream-colored paper.
Collection:
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Exhibition History:
In the Realm of Princes: The Arts of the Book in Fifteenth Century Iran and Central Asia (March 19 to August 7, 2005)
Topic:
Shahnama  Search this
death  Search this
funerary  Search this
Timurid period (1378 - 1506)  Search this
woman  Search this
Iran  Search this
sultan  Search this
Farud  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Abraham  Search this
Henri Vever collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1986.177
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3bc3ed107-89bb-4d7a-b23f-8a85feaff9ce
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S1986.177