Illustrated page from a Shahnama, possibly depicting Rustam fighting Sohrab

Details

• Title

  Illustrated page from a Shahnama, possibly depicting Rustam fighting Sohrab

• Series

  Book of Kings

• Artist/maker

  Abu’l-Qasim Firdawsi (AD 935 - 1020) (author)

• Associated place

  Asia › India › north India (place of creation)

• Date

  1st half of the 17th century
  Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)

• Material and technique

  gouache and gold on paper

• Object type

  visual representation › painting;

  communications equipment › manuscript

• Dimensions

  mount 40.5 x 27.7 cm (height x width)
  page 32 x 21.7 cm (height x width)
  text box 24.2 x 14.4 cm (height x width)
  painting 8.1 x 6.3 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by the Simon Digby Memorial Charity, 2014.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2014.66

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