Label:FS-5505_04
Title:Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (died 1020); recto: text and illustration: Rustam confronts the Turanian, Pilsam; verso: text
Medium:Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:H x W (image): 9.9 x 2.4 cm (3 7/8 x 15/16 in)
Previous custodian or owner:Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc.
Provenance:To 1919, Unknown owner, Persia, to 1919 [1], From 1919 to 1942, Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc., New York received from Persia in 1919 [2], From 1942, Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc., New York, in 1942 [3], Notes:, [1] According to Curatorial Remark 3, G.D.G, 1942, in the object record: the manuscript "from which the two leaves (F1942.11, F1942.12) were taken was brought to Mr. Kelekian from Persia in 1919.", [2] See note 1. Also, see Freer Gallery or Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office., [3] See note 2.
Origin:Shiraz, Iran
Credit Line:Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Date:1341 (741 A.H.)
Period:Mongol period
Type:Manuscript
Topic:Shahnama, Rustam, Afrasiyab, naskh script, Mongol period (1220 - 1380), Iran, Arts of the Islamic World, Inju dynasty (1335 - 1357)
Attribution:Smithsonian Institution
