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Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (died 1020); recto: illustration and text: Akvan Div prepares to heave the sleeping Rustam into the sea; verso: text
early 14th century
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (died 1020); recto: illustration and text: Akvan Div prepares to heave the sleeping Rustam into the sea; verso: text
- Date Created: early 14th century
- Location: Probably Iran
- 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: Mongol period
- Credit Line: Purchase
- Collection: Freer Gallery of Art
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