ManuscriptsPersian15th century
Gudarz Slays Piran (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi
c. 1490
Dimensions
folio: 34 x 24.9 cm (13 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Provenance
[Hotel Drouot, Paris, 27 May 1968, lot 67], [through Jean Soustiel], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1968, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985
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