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"Buzurjmihr Explains the Game of Backgammon (Nard) to the Raja of Hind", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Text block: H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm) W. 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm) Painting: H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm) W. 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm)
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Classification
- Codices
- Dated
- ca. 1300–30
- Pixels
- 3011 × 3722
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Abu'l Qasim Firdausi. "Buzurjmihr Explains the Game of Backgammon (Nard) to the Raja of Hind", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1300–30. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.