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The Goddesschess Museum
Shahnama (The Book of Kings); Buzurgmihr Masters the Game of Chess
(Forwarded to Goddesschess by Lawrence Totaro)
Creator: ?
Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
Culture: Islamic
Title: Shahnama (The Book of Kings); Buzurgmihr Masters the Game of Chess (recto)
Period: Ilkhanid period (1206-1353)
Date: ca. 1300-30
Location: Made in: Iran or Iraq
Material: Ink, colors, and gold on paper
Measurements:
Painting: H. 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); W. 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm);
Page: H. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm); W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm);
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm); W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Credit:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1934 (34.24.1)