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The Four Knights of Kai Khusrau in the Mountains", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)
- Calligrapher:
- Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn (?) Husaini, known as al-Mausili
- Patron:
- Commissioned by al-Hasan Qawam al-Daula wa'l-Din (ca. 1303–57)
- Object Name:
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Date:
- A.H. 741/A.D. 1341
- Geography:
- Iran, Shiraz
- Culture:
- Islamic
- Medium:
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions:
- Page: H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm) W. 11 5/16 in. (28.7 cm) Painting: H. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm) W. 9 5/16 in. (23.6 cm) Mat: H. 22 in. (55.9 cm) W. 16 in. (40.6 cm)
- Classification:
- Codices
- Credit Line:
- Rogers Fund, 1936
- Accession Number:
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/44910736.113.2
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