2002.50.124: Epilogue to the Shahnama (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2002.50.124

Title

Epilogue to the Shahnama (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Classification

Manuscripts

Work Type

manuscript folio

Date

1562

Places

Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Shiraz

Period

Safavid period

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/143162

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink and gold on paper

Dimensions

36.9 x 23.9 cm (14 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Christies, London, 17 October 1995, lot no. 79]. [Mansour Gallery, London, before 1998], sold; to Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood, Belmont, MA (by 1998-2002), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art

Accession Year

2002

Object Number

2002.50.124

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Text folio, with epilogue to the Shahnama.

Publication History

• Mary McWilliams, ed., In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2013), p. 235, cat. 92, ill.

Exhibition History

• In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2013 - 06/01/2013

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