Object Details
- Description
- Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; text: Persian in black naskhi script; recto: text: Manija takes Bijan to her chamber in Afrasiyab’s palace, Afrasiyab learns of Bijan's presence, 6 columns, 29 lines; verso: illustration and text: Piran stays the execution of Bijan at the very foot of the gibbet, 6 columns, 19 lines; one of a group of 6 folios.
- Border: The text and the painting are set in red, green, gold, and blue rulings on cream-colored paper.
- Paper/Support
- Mounted on light weight cream-colored paper
- Provenance
- To 1945
- H. Kahn Monif (died 1968), Persian Antique Gallery, New York, NY, to 1945 [1]
- From 1945
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from H. Kahn Monif in 1945
- Notes:
- [1] Undated folder sheet note. For additional information, see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)
- Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)
- Near Eastern Art (June 15, 1973 to May 7, 1975)
- 2500 Years of Persian Art—Paintings, Metalwork (February 10, 1972 to June 15, 1973)
- Special Exhibition of Persian Art (May 1, 1960 to August 11, 1961)
- Previous custodian or owner
- H. Kahn Monif (1886 or 1888-1968)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1300-1350
- Period
- Il-Khanid dynasty
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 26.4 x 18.4 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/4 in)
- Type
- Manuscript
