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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1934.25
Title
Zal Consults his Advisors (painting, recto); Rustam Fights the White Elephant (painting, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
14th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Ilkhanid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/173311

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
folio: 29.2 x 20.1 cm (11 1/2 x 7 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Hagop Kevorkian
Accession Year
1934
Object Number
1934.25
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Eric Schroeder, Persian Miniatures in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1942), no. 2
  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), p. 113, no. 57

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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