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Firdawsi's "Shahnama": Khusraw at the Gate of Shirin's Palace
Safavid period
late 16th century
Object Place: probably Shiraz, Iran
Medium/Technique
Ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Height x width (Image): 29 × 24.8 cm (11 7/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Overall: 43.7 × 32.6 cm (17 3/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
Overall: 43.7 × 32.6 cm (17 3/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.131
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsPaintings
Books and manuscripts
Books and manuscripts
DescriptionRecto: Portrayal of an arrival of a procession- building facade; musicians; detailed clothing; variety of weapons; chained animals on return from the hunt. Lines of poetry in nastaliq script interspersed in the image block, as well as Rumi-style illumination.
Verso: Four columns with Persian poetry in nastaliq script, some rumi-style illumination; heavily damaged.
Verso: Four columns with Persian poetry in nastaliq script, some rumi-style illumination; heavily damaged.
InscriptionsInscribed on back: "This is a picture of Khusraw Parviz...1314...Abbas Quli came from Isfahan to Tehran. When he came I saw him."
Provenance1906, gift to the MFA by Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, MA. (Accession date: March 8, 1906)