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"Gushtasp Proves His Archery before Caesar," Folio 404r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
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"Gushtasp Proves His Archery before Caesar," Folio 404r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · ca. 1525–30 · Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper

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Credit line"Gushtasp Proves His Archery before Caesar," Folio 404r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp. ca. 1525–30. Abu'l Qasim Firdausi. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970. CC0.
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