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Firdawsi's "Shahnama": Mihran Sitad Choosing One of the Khagan's Five Daughters

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
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ClassificationsBooks 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.