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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.479
Title
Rustam and Rakhsh Slay a Dragon, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Shahnama
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
mid-16th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Shiraz
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216441

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
15.3 x 18.8 cm (6 x 7 3/8 in.)
image: 14 x 17.3 cm (5 1/2 x 6 13/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.479
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Exhibition of Islamic Art, exh. cat. (San Francisco, 1937), p. 29, no. 47

Verification Level

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