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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Iranian
Title:Gushtasp slays the Rhino-Wolf, illustration from a dispersed manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsi (940–ca. 1020–6)
Date Made:early 16th century
Type:Painting
Materials:Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Place Made:Iran; Shiraz
Measurements:sheet: 13 3/8 in x 8 1/2 in; 34 cm x 21.6 cm
Accession Number:  SC 2016.29.17
Credit Line:Gift of Elinor Lander Horwitz, class of 1950
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Currently on view

Description:
Similar scene: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1974.290.23/

Page from the same manuscript:
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/149405

Exhibitionability rating: 7/10

Cambridge Shahnama Project for further identification

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=SC+2016.29.17

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