Folio Painting Depicting the Carrying of the Coffins of Rustam and Zavara
Item
Title
Folio Painting Depicting the Carrying of the Coffins of Rustam and Zavara
Description
This manuscript folio, illustrated in The Great Mongol Shahnama, depicts the scene where the coffins of the great hero Rustam and his brother, Zavara, are being carried by mourners. This painting is one of the five paintings in The Great Mongol Shahnama that depict a scene of mourning, and shows how death impacted the Islamic community.
Creator
Unknown
Temporal Coverage
ca. 1330s
Spatial Coverage
Tabriz, Iran
Type
Image
Date Created
Unknown
Source
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/16556/firdawsis-shahnama-the-coffins-of-rustam-and-zavara;jsessionid=9FE22B10CD74629F1DB7531070CE6447?ctx=16c7c9df-a6a4-4edb-bcfd-ac40d9148651&idx=9
Contributor
Isaac Norten
Rights
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
