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Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Khusraw and Shirin are feasting at night in a desert encampment; recto: text
Calligrapher: Murshid al-Shirazi
1548 (955 A.H.)
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Washington, DC, United States
Details
Title:
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Khusraw and Shirin are feasting at night in a desert encampment; recto: text
Creator:
Calligrapher: Murshid al-Shirazi
Date Created:
1548 (955 A.H.)
Location:
Iran, Shiraz
External Link:
For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Freer|Sackler collection, please visit http://www.asia.si.edu/.
Medium:
Ink
, opaque
watercolor
and
gold
on
paper
Historical Period:
Safavid period
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art
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