Object Details
- Description
- Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; text: Persian in black naskh script; headings in red and black; recto: text, Ahran asks Qaesar for his daughter’s hand, Miran puts Ahran in touch with Gushtasp, 6 columns, 30 lines; verso: illustration and text, Gushtasp kills the dragon, seal, 6 columns, 22 lines, one of a group of 7 folios.
- Border: The text and the painting are set in red and gold rulings on cream-colored paper.
- Provenance
- To 1948
- Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc., New York to 1948 [1]
- From 1948
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc., New York in 1948 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] See Freer Gallery or Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Special Exhibition of Persian Art (May 1, 1960 to August 11, 1961)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)
- Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1955 (April 12, 1955 to December 16, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc.
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Calligrapher
- Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Husayni (known as) Mawsili
- Date
- February 1341 (Ramadan 741 A.H.)
- Period
- Mongol period, Inju dynasty
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 36.8 x 30 cm (14 1/2 x 11 13/16 in)
- Type
- Manuscript
