برگی از شاهنامۀ فردوسی، «رویارویی رستم با پیلسم تورانی»

FS-5505_04

Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (died 1020); recto: text and illustration: Rustam confronts the Turanian, Pilsam; verso: text

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

H x W (image): 9.9 x 2.4 cm (3 7/8 x 15/16 in)

Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc.

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.

Shiraz, Iran

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

1341 (741 A.H.)

Mongol period

Manuscript

Shahnama

Rustam

Afrasiyab

naskh script

Mongol period (1220 - 1380)

Iran

Arts of the Islamic World

Inju dynasty (1335 - 1357)

Smithsonian Institution