Page from Shah Nameh: Killing of Shah Nawdar by Afrasiyab
Page from Shah Nameh: Killing of Shah Nawdar by Afrasiyab

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Page from Shah Nameh: Killing of Shah Nawdar by Afrasiyab,

ca. 1610–1620

Iranian
Isfahan
y1971-29

Information

Title
Page from Shah Nameh: Killing of Shah Nawdar by Afrasiyab
Dates

ca. 1610–1620

Medium
Ink, gold, colors, on buff paper
Dimensions
image: 19.2 x 15.2 cm (7 9/16 x 6 in.) mount: 30.3 x 22.3 cm (11 15/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. C. O. von Kienbusch '06, for the C. O. von Kienbusch, Jr., Memorial Collection.
Object Number
y1971-29
Culture
Iranian
Period
Isfahan
Type
manuscripts, miniatures (paintings)
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product), gold
Subject
soldiers, shahs, figures (representations), flowers (plants), animals, plant-derived motifs, deaths, executions, trees, borders (ornament areas), allover patterns, arabesques, men

With by Mr. Kienbusch until 1971, when it was given to the Museum

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