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"Rakhsh Kills a Lion while Rustam is Asleep", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Text block: H. 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm) W. 4 13/16 in. 12.3 cm) Painting: H. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm) W. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Classification
- Codices
- Dated
- ca. 1300–30
- Pixels
- 900 × 1096
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- 0b3217155330fc8a…
- Record
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Abu'l Qasim Firdausi. "Rakhsh Kills a Lion while Rustam is Asleep", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi, ca. 1300–30. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.