Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: Rustam catches Rakhsh; verso: text: Rostam and Kay Qobad, The reign of Kay Qobad

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Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; text: Persian in black naskh script; headings in red; recto: illustration and text, Rustam catches Rakhsh, six columns, thirty-four lines; verso: text, Rustam and Kay Qubad, The reign of Kay Qubad, six columns, thirty-four lines; one of a group of four folios.
Border: The text is set in red rulings on cream-colored paper.

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Historical period(s): 15th century?

Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions: H x W: 33.9 x 25.1 cm (13 3/8 x 9 7/8 in)

Geography: Iran?

Credit Line: Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

Collection: Henri Vever collection

Accession Number: S1986.129

On View Location: Currently not on view

Classification(s): Manuscript

Type: Detached manuscript folio

Keywords: Henri Vever collection, horse, Iran, Rakhsh, Rustam, Shahnama, WWII-era provenance

Provenance: Provenance information is currently unavailable

Previous Owner(s): Francois Mautin French, born 1907
Henri Vever 1854 - 1942

Description: Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; text: Persian in black naskh script; headings in red; recto: illustration and text, Rustam catches Rakhsh, six columns, thirty-four lines; verso: text, Rustam and Kay Qubad, The reign of Kay Qubad, six columns, thirty-four lines; one of a group of four folios.
Border: The text is set in red rulings on cream-colored paper.

Published References

Glenn D. Lowry, Milo Cleveland Beach, Elisabeth West FitzHugh, Susan Nemanzee, Janet Snyder. An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection. Washington and Seattle. cat. 87, p. 78.
B. W. Robinson. Fifteenth-Century Persian Painting: Problems and Issues. Hagop Kevorkian Series on Near Eastern Art and Civilization New York. p. 63.