Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); The women of the family of Afrasiyab begging quarter from Kay Khusraw, The escape of Afrasiyab from Gang-dizh

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; text: Persian in black naskhi script; recto: blank; verso: illustration and text: The women of the family of Afrasiyab begging quarter from Kay Khusraw, The escape of Afrasiyab from Gang-dizh, heading in gold, 6 columns, 18 lines; one of a group of 4 folios.

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

• Paper/Support

  Mounted on thick cream-colored paper

• Provenance

  To 1930

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York. [1]

  From 1930

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Accession file and the Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 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)

  Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)

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

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1955 (April 12, 1955 to December 16, 1955)

  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, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Date

  1300s

• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Topic

  Art, Rustam, Kay Khusraw, Arts of the Islamic World, Family, Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353), Shahnama, Begging

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Naskh script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts