Bahram Gur Hunting Onagers with Fitna, Page from the Haft paykar (Seven Portraits), from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (d. 1209)

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Nizami. Bahram Gur Hunting Onagers with Fitna, Page from the Haft paykar (Seven Portraits), from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (d. 1209), 1495. Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper, 4 x 4 1/16 in. (10.2 x 10.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.129.1a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Author

Nizami

Title

Bahram Gur Hunting Onagers with Fitna, Page from the Haft paykar (Seven Portraits), from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (d. 1209)

Date

1495

Period

Aqqoyunlu period

Medium

Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper

Classification

Work on Paper

Dimensions

4 x 4 1/16 in. (10.2 x 10.3 cm)

Inscriptions

Persian: Nastaliq script

Credit Line

Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

86.227.129.1a-b

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