Firdawsi's "Shahnama": Alexander Journeys to a Land Inhabited by Creatures with Gigantic Ears
About 1610
Object PlaceNorthern India
Medium/TechniqueInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
DimensionsHeight x width overall: 21.4 × 12.2 cm (8 7/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of John Goelet
Accession number66.111
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Not on viewClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1966, John Goelet, Amblainville (Oise) France; 1966, gift of Goelet to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 9, 1966)
second half of 15th century
Probably 16th century
about 1610–24
