Khamsa

Description:

Folio 241 recto: Iskandar and the Khaqan of Chin Feast and Drink Together

Author:

Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209)

Copyist:

Unknown

Language:

Persian

Medium:

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Location:

Shiraz

Dimensions:

Folio: H. 30.3 cm; W. 19.5 cm

Date:

ca. 1585

Inventory Number:

MS. M.470

Lender:

Morgan Library & Museum, New York

Credit:

Morgan Library & Museum, New York, M. 847.1–3: Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1911