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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Iranian (Persian)
Title:Scene from the Shahnama of Firdausi
Date Made:19th century
Type:Drawing
Materials:black ink and gouache on paper
Place Made:Iran (Persia)
Measurements:sight: 15 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.; 38.735 x 18.7325 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1990.2.21
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Evan M. Wilson (Leila Fosburgh, class of 1934)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
two men and a woman fording a river on horseback, two men on a sail craft behind them, all watched from shore by royalty, a may blowing a horn, several other figures, two also on horseback

Tags:
exterior; water; boats; men; women; animals; narrative; music; royalty

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