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Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

c. 1610

India, Bijapur, Deccan

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Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
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Page: 20.3 x 12 cm (8 x 4 3/4 in.); Page: 20.5 x 12.4 cm (8 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.283
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Trappings of Byzantine brocade were gifts to the hero who slays the wild boars.
A vertically oriented gum tempera and ink painting on aged paper depicts a central narrative framed by four columns of Persian script. Bijan, a man with a light skin tone in a red floral tunic and gold helmet with a white plume, rides a reddish brown horse through pale, rocky hills. He thrusts a spear into dark boars within tall reeds. Delicate trees and grass dot the landscape nestled between blocks of elegant calligraphy.

Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

c. 1610

India, Bijapur, Deccan

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  • Collection
    Indian
  • Department
    Indian and Southeast Asian Art
  • Type of artwork
    Painting
  • Medium
    Tempera
  • Credit line
    Gift In Honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by Exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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