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Sheikhzadeh, "Bahram Gur and the Princess". "Haft Manzar", Hatifi. 1538, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington

Double-page painting in the Haft Manzar (Seven visages) by Hatifi (d.1521)
1538 (944 A.H.)

Signed by Shaykhzada
Uzbek period

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
H: 26.2 W: 16.8 D: 2.6 cm
Bukhara, Uzbekistan

F1956.14, Freer Sackler Collection