Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States · Website
Holds folios of the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, the most lavish of all illustrated copies. Four works in the archive quote folios from its collection.
Works quoting an artefact held here
4
Shahnameh watch
Jaeger-LeCoultre
Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, attributed to Qasim b. Ali under Mir Musavvir, ca. 1525–30 — MMA 1970.301.26
Shahnameh silk scarf
Maison Nazanin
Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, folio — MMA 1970.301.37
Shahnameh scarf
Persis Collection
“Bizhan Receives an Invitation through Manizha’s Nurse”, attributed to ’Abd al-Vahhab — MMA 1970.301.42
Scarf with Kay Kavus
Maison Nazanin
“Kay Kavus Ascends to the Sky”, Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp — MMA 1970.301.21
Works exhibited or acquired here
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