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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.192
Title
Shapur Discovers Mihrak's Daughter at the Well (painting, verso; text, recto), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
1341
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Shiraz
Period
Inju period, 1303-1357
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/173396

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
Dimensions
folio: 33.6 x 28.5 cm (13 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.192
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ernst Grube, The World of Islam (New York, NY, 1966), fig. 38
  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), pp. 23, 113, no. 54

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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