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Nushirwan Sends Mihran Sitad to Fetch the Daughter of the King of China (recto) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
- Date
- c. 1482
- Medium
- opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Culture
- Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501)
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The Iranian painting traditions of creating a conceptual space, symmetry, and decoration characterize this illustration of a scene in the life of the Shi’a Imam Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad. The inscription over the door reads “the just sultan.”
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