Zahhak consults the physicians at court, from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi

Object Details

• Provenance

  1923

  DeMotte, Inc., 1923 [1]

  From 1923

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from DeMotte, Inc. in 1923 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

  Islamic Art (May 9, 1993 to June 3, 1997)

  Islamic Metalwork in the Freer Gallery of Art (September 27, 1985 to November 17, 1986)

  From the Hand of Mani (January 18, 1985 to July 5, 1985)

  Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)

  Near Eastern Art—Paintings, Metalwork (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)

  Near Eastern Art (January 1, 1963 to August 18, 1967)

  Special Exhibition (February 9, 1954 to April 20, 1954)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian Manuscripts (May 5, 1933 to September 22, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian Art (March 14, 1931 to May 5, 1933)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian and Persian Art (March 24, 1930 to March 14, 1931)

  Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Demotte, Inc.

• Origin

  Tabriz, Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Date

  1300s

• Name

  Demotte, Inc.

• Place

  Tabriz

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Mongol period (1220 - 1380), Bow, Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353), Lute, Court, Shahnama, Epic literature

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Naskh script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts