Romance and Reason Mug: Shahnamah

Shahnamah
Iskandar Encounters the Angel Israfil (detail)
Author: Abu al-Qasim Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
Copyist: Muhammad al-Katib al-Qiwam Shirazi
Language: Persian
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
folio: H. 45.2 cm; W. 30.2 cm. Probably Turkey, 1562–1583
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Purchase—Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler: S1986.256