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Exhibition: An Epic of Kings: The Great Mongol Shahnama (2024, NMAA)

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1200 (ca.), [Eastern Mediterranean], Descent from the Cross (Deposition) [folio from a manuscript of the Gospels] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1250 (ca.), [French], Scenes from the Life of Absalom (detail) [leaf from the Morgan Picture Bible] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1250 (ca.), [French], Scenes from the Life of Absalom [leaf from the Morgan Picture Bible] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1328 (ca.), [French], Reproduction of The Entombment (detail) [folio from the Book of Hours] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Anushirvan enthroned [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Ardashir and his vizier (detail) [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Ardashir and his vizier [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Ardashir and his wife (detail) [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Ardashir and his wife [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Ardavan captured by Ardashir [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Bahram Gur hunting with Azada [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Bahram Gur slays a dragon [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Faridun collapses after seeing Iraj’s coffin (detail) [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Faridun collapses after seeing Iraj’s coffin [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Faridun mourns Iraj (detail) [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Iskandar and the talking tree [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Iskandar slaying a dragon (detail) [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Iskandar slaying a dragon [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Shah Zav enthroned [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], Sindukht reproves Rudaba [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)

1330 (ca.), [Iran], The bier of Iskandar [folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama] -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)