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1. Add Or 21, Add Or 210

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Add Or 21, Add Or 210
Title:
Add.Or.21, Add.Or.210 Two miniature paintings from a manuscript of the ‘Shahnama’ of Firdawsi. Indian (Sultanate): mid fifteenth century. The style is ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.21, Add.Or.210 Two miniature paintings from a manuscript of the ‘Shahnama’ of Firdawsi. Indian (Sultanate): mid fifteenth century. The style is now generally admitted to be Indian, but the strong Persian (Shiraz) influence and the fact that till recently such paintings were invariably ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1449-1451
Extent:
2 items

2. Add Or 210

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Add Or 210
Title:
The murder of Siyawush
Scope & Content:
The murder of Siyawush. A trifle rubbed and discoloured. A variegated rocky landscape with the central group in the lower foreground; spectators in the upper part of the miniature have cast their crowns to the ground and make gestures of grief and dismay. 13 by 12 cm. (Sotheby's, 16.v.1955, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 21

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 21
Title:
Barbad the minstrel, invisible in a tree, playing music to Khusraw and his courtiers
Scope & Content:
Barbad the minstrel, invisible in a tree, playing music to Khusraw and his courtiers, two of whom offer cups of wine. The miniature is numbered '14' in the outer margin. 12.5 by 12 cm. (ex Monif Collection, New York). Purchased, July 1953. For other miniatures detached from the same manuscr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 Item

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