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Firdawsi's "Shahnama": The Battle at Tus

Indian or Persian
late 15th century
Object Place: Northern India

Medium/Technique Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions 22.6 x 21.9 cm (8 7/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.1364
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts

InscriptionsOn front: Fragments of four columns of Persian text, now cut off. On back: Four columns of Persian text, cut off at top and bottom.
ProvenanceGiven to the MFA by Denman Waldo Ross in 1917.