ManuscriptsPersian15th century

Gudarz Slays Piran (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

c. 1490

Classification

Manuscripts

Medium

Ink and gold on paper

Culture

Persian

Century

15th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

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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