"Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Dark Palace on Saturday", Folio 23v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: Maulana Azhar|Nizami
Artist bio: died 1475/76|present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja
Artist role: Calligrapher|Author
Artist nationality:  | 
Date: ca. 1430
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
                W. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Page: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
          W. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
        W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Geography: Made in Herat   present-day Afghanistan  
Credit line: Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Accession year: 1913
Tags: Palaces|Kings|Princesses