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Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)
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Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

c. 1610 · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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Trappings of Byzantine brocade were gifts to the hero who slays the wild boars.

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Credit lineBijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020), c. 1610. India, Bijapur, Deccan. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 20.3 x 12 cm (8 x 4 3/4 in.); page: 20.5 x 12.4 cm (8 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, 2013.283
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