Khusraw u Shirin by Nizami (d.1209)

FS-6257_06

Khusraw u Shirin by Nizami (d.1209)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

H x W: 18.3 x 12.7 cm (7 3/16 x 5 in)

Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

To 1931

Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York to 1931 [1]

From 1931

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1931 [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Tabriz, Iran

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

ca. 1400

Jalayirid dynasty

Manuscript

Timurid period (1378 - 1506)

Khusraw

Shirin

nasta'liq script

illumination

Iran

Arts of the Islamic World

Smithsonian Institution