The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign: the Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)

c. 1482

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Title: The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign: the Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
Date Created: c. 1482
Physical Dimensions: Image: 14.7 x 15 cm (5 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.); Overall: 32.5 x 23.2 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/8 in.); Text area: 23 x 15.5 cm (9 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Provenance: acquired in India; (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Manuscript
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.25.b
Medium: opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Inscriptions: Script: Nasta'liq
Department: Islamic Art
Culture: Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501)
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Collection: Islamic Art
Accession Number: 1962.25.b

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