برگی از شاهنامۀ فردوسی، «از زین برکشیدن افرسیاب به دست رستم؛ آشتی خواستن پشنگ از افراسیاب»

FS-5505_06

Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); recto: Rustam lifts Afrasiyab from the saddle; verso: text: Pishang's letter to Kay Qubad and his plea for reconciliation

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

H x W: 8.6 x 17.1 cm (3 3/8 x 6 3/4 in)

Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc.

To 1952

Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc., New York to 1952 [1]

From 1952

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc. in 1952 [2]

Notes:

[1] See Freer Gallery or Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Shiraz, Iran

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

February 1341 (Ramadan 741 A.H.)

Mongol period

Manuscript

Shahnama

Rustam

Afrasiyab

naskh script

Mongol period (1220 - 1380)

Iran

Arts of the Islamic World

epic

Kay Qubad

Inju dynasty (1335 - 1357)

Smithsonian Institution