Khamsa

Khamsa

Description:
Recto: Iskandar in the Enchanted Garden
Author:
Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209)
Copyist:
Unknown
Language:
Persian
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Location:
Iran, Asterabad
Dimensions:
Folio: H. 29.3 cm; W. 17.3 cm
Date:
ca. 1560
Inventory Number:
S1986.284
Lender:
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Credit:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler