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"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio 434v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1530
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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