Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; left-hand half of a double-page composition separated from the facing folio (S1986.227); text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: Shirin before Shiruya; verso: text, four columns, twenty-five lines; one of a group of six folios. Border: The text and the painting are set in gold, red, and green rulings on cream-colored paper. Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- circa 1600
- Dates
- Safavid period
- Format
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Pages
- H x W: 34.5 x 22 cm (13 9/16 x 8 11/16 in)
- Place Discussed
- Herat, Afghanistan
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- Afghanistan
- Reference
- S1986.226
- Rights
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/35b4ee79afd95ee27df6276f17aa11dc
