1965.479: Rustam and Rakhsh Slay a Dragon, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Manuscripts
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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
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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
- Permissions
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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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