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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.624 depicts a scene from the Shirin va Khusraw. On horseback, Shirin approaches the sculptor Farhad. The milk flowing through the channel recalls Shirin's request that Farhad cut a path through the mountain to bring milk from his flocks to her pavilion. Below the image, the border is inscribed 'amal-i (work of) Sanwalah.
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Document identity
localId
12554
label
Shirin Encounters the Sculptor Farhad
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object
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Source metadata
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12554
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object
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normalized
title
Shirin Encounters the Sculptor Farhad
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.624 depicts a scene from the Shirin va Khusraw. On horseback, Shirin approaches the sculptor Farhad. The milk flowing through the channel recalls Shirin's request that Farhad cut a path through the mountain to bring milk from his flocks to her pavilion. Below the image, the border is inscribed 'amal-i (work of) Sanwalah.
provenance
Muhammad Zaki, 1241 AH/AD 1825-1826 [mode of acquisition unknown] [oval seal, fols. 1a, 211a]; 'abd al-raji Muhammad Shafi', 1247 AH/AD 1831-1832 [mode of acquisition unknown] [rectangular seal fols. 1a, 211a]; Muhammad 'Ali [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [large oval seal with no date on fol. 211a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1597-1598 (Mughal)
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
28.5
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19
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H: 11 1/4 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28.5 x 19 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
style
Mughal
dynasty
Mughal Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
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18417
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7405
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MIS
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2664
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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19d5c1fbb3ef2798