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Bahram Gur and the shepherd who hanged his dog
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Description
This scene, from the Haft Paykar (Seven Portraits), relates the encounter of Prince Bahram Gur with the shepherd who hung his dog for being disloyal. Expected to guide and protect the flock in his absence, the dog had in fact allowed a she-wolf to steal the sheep after mating with her.
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Details
- Series
- Quintet
- Associated place
- Date
- c. 1480
- Artist/maker
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Nizami Ganjavi (1141 - 1209) (author)
- Material and technique
- ink, colour, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- closed 27.1 x 17.2 x 6.2 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI2067.1
Location
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- returned to owner
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