- Provenance
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To 1930
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York to 1930 [1]From 1930
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1930 [2]Notes:
[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
[2] See note 1.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Hagop Kevorkian 1872-1962
- Description
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Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; text: Persian in black naskh script; recto: illustration and text, Bahram Gur slaying the wolf-monster, 6 columns, 31 lines; verso: illustration and text, Bahram Gur slaying a dragon, 6 columns, 31 lines; one of a group of 39: The manuscript (F1930.1) and 38 detached folios (F1929.25-46, F1930.1-9, F1930.11-17, F1940.12, F1940.13) are accessioned separately.
Border: The recto and verso are set in red rulings on cream-colored paper.
- Published References
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- Richard Ettinghausen. Studies in Muslim Iconography I: The Unicorn. vol. 1, no. 3 Washington. pp. 39-40, pl. 25.
- Marianna Shreve Simpson. The Illustration of an Epic: The Earliest Shahnama Manuscripts. Outstanding Dissertations in the Fine Arts New York and London. pp.155, 294, 336, figs. 37, 39.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
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