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"Bahram Gur Hunting with Azada", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · 935–1020

Maximum print size

24.9 × 33.8 cm · 9.8 × 13.3 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,939 × 4,000 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame
40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening
24.9 × 33.8 cm · 9.8 × 13.3 in
Mat border, sides
7.9 cm · 3.1 in
Mat border, top and bottom
8.6 cm · 3.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date
dated A.H. 753/1352 CE
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Type
Codices
Orientation
portrait
Subjects
Camels, Hunting, Men
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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