Firdawsi's Shahnama: Fire Ordeal of Siyavush

Safavid period

late 16th century

Object Place: Iran

Medium/Technique Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions Height x width: 36.6 × 27.1 cm (14 7/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number15.22

NOT ON VIEW

ProvenanceBy 1913, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1915, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: January 7, 1915)