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The Story of Bahram Gur Hunting (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
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Text folio with title “Bahram Gur hunting”
Recto. Text corresponds with Ramazani (1963) vol. 2, pp. 203 - 205, lines 4752 - 4801; subtitle in text reads, "How Bahram showed his accomplishment in the chase before Munzir."
Verso. Text corresponds with Ramazani (1963) vol. 2, pp. 205 - 207, lines 4802 - 4850; subtitle in text reads, "How Bahram came with Numar to Yazdigird."
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
[Christies London 17 October 1995 lot no. 79]. [Mansour Gallery London before 1998] sold; to Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Belmont MA (by 1998-2002) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2002.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art
Title: The Story of Bahram Gur Hunting (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Description:
Text folio with title “Bahram Gur hunting”
Recto.
Text corresponds with Ramazani (1963) vol.
2, pp.
203 - 205, lines 4752 - 4801; subtitle in text reads, "How Bahram showed his accomplishment in the chase before Munzir.
"
Verso.
Text corresponds with Ramazani (1963) vol.
2, pp.
205 - 207, lines 4802 - 4850; subtitle in text reads, "How Bahram came with Numar to Yazdigird.
".
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