"Kharrad Recognizes the "Princess" as being an Automaton", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Author Abu'l Qasim Firdausi Iranian
Patron Commissioned by al-Hasan Qawam al-Daula wa'l-Din Iranian
dated 741 AH/1341 CE
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  • Title: "Kharrad Recognizes the "Princess" as being an Automaton", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
  • Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
  • Calligrapher: Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn (?) Husaini, known as al-Mausili
  • Patron: Commissioned by al-Hasan Qawam al-Daula wa'l-Din (Iranian, ca. 1303–1357 Shiraz)
  • Date: dated 741 AH/1341 CE
  • Geography: Made in Iran, Shiraz
  • Medium: Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper
  • Dimensions: Painting and Text Block: H. 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm)
    W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
    Page: H. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
    W. 11 1/2 in. (29.2)
    Mat : H. 22 in. (55.9 cm)
    W. 16 in. (40.6 cm)
  • Classification: Codices
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1936
  • Object Number: 36.113.3
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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