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"Zahhak is Told His Fate", Folio 29v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
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"Zahhak is Told His Fate", Folio 29v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · ca. 1524 · Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper

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Credit line"Zahhak is Told His Fate", Folio 29v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp. ca. 1524. Abu'l Qasim Firdausi. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970. CC0.
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