Firdawsi's "Shahnama": Mihran Sitad Choosing One of the Khagan's Five Daughters
1317–35
Object PlaceTabriz, Iran
Medium/TechniqueInk, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 59.2 × 40.3 cm (23 5/16 × 15 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund and Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession number22.392
On View
Not on viewClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
Provenance1922, sold by Georges Joseph DeMotte (b. 1877- d. 1923), Paris, to the MFA for $4,500 [1] . (Accession Date: March 17, 1922)
Notes:
[1] - Price is total for 22.392 and 22.393.
Notes:
[1] - Price is total for 22.392 and 22.393.
February 1354 / Safar 755 A.H.
June 1224 (Rajab 624 A.H.)
possibly 16th century
possibly 16th century
about 1400
first half of 16th century
about 1550–75