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