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

Persian
Ilkhanid period
1317–35
Object Place: Tabriz, Iran

Medium/Technique Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions Height x width: 59.2 × 40.3 cm (23 5/16 × 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Helen and Alice Colburn Fund and Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number22.392
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts

Provenance1922, sold by Georges Joseph DeMotte (b. 1877- d. 1923), Demotte, Paris and New York, to the MFA for $4,500 [1] . (Accession Date: March 17, 1922)

Notes:
[1] - Price is total for 22.392 and 22.393.