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The Tale of the Twelve Faces. "The Warriors Engage in Combat": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (verso)

The Tale of the Twelve Faces. "The Warriors Engage in Combat": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (verso)

1341
(Il-Khanid)
opaque watercolor and ink on paper
Sheet: 36.3 x 30 cm (14 5/16 x 11 13/16 in.); Image: 28.6 x 24.5 cm (11 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.); Overall: 37 x 30 cm (14 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.479.b
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The combat scene is enclosed within a step-shaped frame.
  • by 1931-?
    M. Nazare-Aga, Paris, France
    1944-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Persian Miniature Manuscripts. The Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (August 13-September 11, 1977).
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