- Title
- The Combat of Khusraw Parviz and Bahram Chubina, Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsi for Shah Isma'il II (r. 1576-77)
- Date Made
- circa 1577
- Period
- Safavid (1501-1732)
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 18 × 12 1/2 in. (45.72 × 31.75 cm)
Frame: 29 × 23 × 1 1/2 in. (73.66 × 58.42 × 3.81 cm)
- Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by H. Tony and Marti Oppenheimer, Christopher V. Walker, Carolyn and Bill Powers, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, Kathrine and Frank Baxter, Caron and Steven D. Broidy, John and Leslie Dorman, the Kayne Foundation, Ric and Suzanne Kayne, Jerry D. Kayne, Myron Laskin, Camilla Chandler Frost, and Ellen and Michael Korney through the 2006 Collectors Committee
- Accession Number
- M.2006.114
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Middle East: Islamic
- Curatorial Notes
This illustrated page from a manuscript of the Iranian national epic, the Shahnama, depicts a contest between the Sasanian monarch Shah Khusraw Parviz (Khusraw II, r. AD 590–628) and a would-be usurper, Bahram Chubina. The protagonists, who competed for the Iranian throne, are both crowned. Bahram, the superior warrior, advances on foot toward a group of archers directed by Khusraw. One of Bahram's men has fallen to the ground, foreshadowing Khusraw's eventual victory with the aid of the Byzantine army.
- Selected Bibliography
Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.
"2005-2006 Selected Acquisitions." LACMA Insider 4, no.1 (2006): 4-7.
- Komaroff, Linda. In the Fields of Empty Days: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2018.
