Persian, Safavid, 1562–83
Shiraz, Iran
Dimensions
47.5 x 33 cm
Medium or Technique
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
Classification
Books and manuscripts Type
Painted page from a manuscript
Left side of a illustrated and illuminated finispiece added in 1583 to a manuscript originally written in Shiraz in 1562 by Arraji Muhammad al-Qawam. The finispiece contains a double page painting of a king and army entering a city (perhaps Murad III) and a double page illumination with poetry inscribed by Taj al-Din Haydar. It may have been intended as a gift for the Ottoman sultan.
Signed
Muhammad al-Qiwam of Shiraz and Taj al-Din Haydar
برگی از شاهنامه
برگی از شاهنامه
بغداد،ایلخانی، حدود 1300
خط نسخ با مرکب سیاه در 6 ستون، 30 خط متن نوشته شده است
نقاشی: 4.3 در11.8cm.
متن مساحت: 16 در 12cm.
برگ: 17.6 در19.2cm.
AN ILLUSTRATED AND ILLUMINATED LEAF FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF FIRDAUSI'S SHAHNAMEH (THE SECOND SMALL SHAHNAMEH): MEHRAN SETAD, THE WISE MAN AT THE COURT OF NUSHIRVAN, IS SENT TO THE CHINESE COURT TO BRING A DAUGHTER OF THE EMPEROR FOR NUSHIRVAN, PERSIA OR BAGHDAD,
ILKHANID
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Gouache heightened with gold on paper, 21 lines to the page, written in small naskh script in black ink in 6 columns, red double intercolumnar rules, title in larger gold script, remargined, reverse with 30 lines of text
painting: 4.3 by 11.8cm.
text area: 16 by 12cm.
leaf: 17.6 by 19.2cm
