Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: text: Dying Dara told Sekandar to ask for his daughter's hand in marriage; verso: text

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi, text: Persian in black naskh script, heading in gold naskh; recto: text, Dying Dara told Sekandar to ask for his daughter's hand in marriage, 6 columns, 31 lines; verso: text, 6 columns, 23 lines; one of a group of 16 folios (F1923.5, F1930.78, F1930.79, F1935.23, F1935.24, F1938.3, F1942.2, S1986.100, S1986.101, S1986.102, S1986.103, S1986.104, S1986.105.1, S1986.105.2, S1986.106, S1986.107).

  Border: The text is set in gold and black rulings on cream-colored paper.

• Provenance

  To 1930

  Otto Burchard & Co. (C. Edward Wells), to 1930 [1]

  From 1930

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Otto Burchard & Co. in 1930 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Otto Burchard & Co.

• Origin

  Tabriz, Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Date

  1300s

• Name

  Otto Burchard & Co.

• Place

  Tabriz

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353), Shahnama

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Naskh script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts