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Folio from a Mihr-u Mushtari (The Sun and Jupiter) by Shams al-Din Muhammad Assar (d. circa1382); recto: Prince Mihr takes down a lion's head at a single blow; verso: text, Mihr fighting with bandits
Calligrapher: Ibrahim Khalil1523-24 (930 A.H.)
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Washington, DC, United States
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- Title: Folio from a Mihr-u Mushtari (The Sun and Jupiter) by Shams al-Din Muhammad Assar (d. circa1382); recto: Prince Mihr takes down a lion's head at a single blow; verso: text, Mihr fighting with bandits
- Creator: Calligrapher: Ibrahim Khalil
- Date Created: 1523-24 (930 A.H.)
- Location: Uzbekistan, Bukhara
- 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: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Historical Period: Uzbek period
- Credit Line: Purchase
- Collection: Freer Gallery of Art
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