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Folio from an unidentified text; recto: Bahram Gur Hunts with Azada; verso: Kitab-i Marasi (plaintive poems)

circa 1570

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Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Washington, DC, United States

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Title: Folio from an unidentified text; recto: Bahram Gur Hunts with Azada; verso: Kitab-i Marasi (plaintive poems)
Date Created: circa 1570
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: Purchase--Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Collection: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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