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Isfandiyar Slays the Simurgh (from a "Shah-nama" of Firdausi)

Made By Iran , Turkman period
CultureIranian | Middle Eastern
Datec. 1470
Mediumopaque watercolor on paper, heightened with gold
Dimensionssheet: 12 1/4 x 8 in. (31.1 x 20.3 cm)
image: 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (24.1 x 14 cm)
Classification(s)
  • EASTERN
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Horace W. Frost
Terms
  • landscape
  • sword
  • fight
Object number91.15.67
Descriptionremounted on later manuscript page
Inscribedin black and red ink: [calligraphic inscription]
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