Farhad Carrying Shirin and Her Horse, from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami

Art Institute of Chicago

Farhad Carrying Shirin and Her Horse, from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami

Iran

Date
Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370–1507), dated 1485 (890 A.H.)
Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper
Culture
Iran
Department
Arts of Asia
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
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