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Ilkhanid Illustration
Great Mongol (Demotte) Shahnama
Chapter 21 - The Ashkanians (200 years).
Ardashir meets Gulnar.

Tabriz, Persia, c.1335AD


A larger image of Ardashir meets Gulnar. Great Mongol (Demotte) Shahnama. Tabriz, Persia, c.1335. Ilkhanid Illustration. Collection des Musées d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, 1971-0107-0003.

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Ardashir et l'esclave Gulnar au lit
Style Il-Khanide
Attribué à 'Abd al-Hayy (Chef assistant)
Attribué à 2e artiste du 4e groupe (Décadence)
1335 - 1340
Image: 206 x 202 mm (miniature); feuille: 402 x 289 mm (surface écrite); feuille: 585 x 402 mm
Encre noire, gouache et or sur papier
Mention obligatoire : Cabinet d'arts graphiques des Musées d'art et d'histoire, Genève, Legs Jean Pozzi
N° d'inventaire : 1971-0107-0003
Titre du volume/album : Shâhnâma (Livre des Rois) Demotte de Firdawsî
Cabinet d'arts graphiques des Musées d'art et d'histoire, Genève, Legs Jean Pozzi



Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire
Title of Work: Shahnama (Great Mongol)
Manuscript: 1971-107/1,2,3
Accession Number: 1971-107/3A
Chapter 21 - The Ashkanians (200 years)
Scene: Gulnar sees Ardashir and falls in love with him
English Title: Gulnar Coming to Ardashir's Pillow and Sleeping by His Side
Dimensions (h x w): 210 x 105 mm
Format: Stepped within borders
Reconstructed Folio: 180r
Gregorian Date: 1350 (circa)
School: Tabriz
Source: Shahnama Project

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