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  • Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Daughters of Barzin Dance for Bahram Gur; recto: text: Bahram Gur and Barzin Shah
  • Folio from a Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492); verso: Potiphar and Zulaykha enthroned; recto: text

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  • Collection:"Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection"
  • Date:"1610s"
  • Topic:"Art"
  • Place:"Iran"
  • data source
    • Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 668
  • collection
    • Google Cultural Institute 656
    • Freer Gallery 04: Engaging the Senses: Art in the Islamic World 7
    • The Story of the Beautiful 5
  • culture
    • Muslims 668
    • Iranians 663
    • Afrasiyabs 7
    • Dervishes 6
    • Africans 1
  • date
    • 1500s 663
    • 1510s 663
    • 1590s 665
    • 1600s 664
  • place
    • Shiraz 91
    • Isfahan 77
    • Qazvin 45
    • Tabriz 20
  • topic
    • Arts of the Islamic World 668
    • S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736 663
    • WWII-era provenance 560
    • Illumination 285
  • metadata_usage
    • Usage conditions apply 441
    • Not determined 218
    • CC0 9
  • media_usage
    • Usage conditions apply 441
    • Not determined 218
    • CC0 9

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