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Sam Recognizes His Son Zal in the Nest of the Simurgh, Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsicirca 1430-1450

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Illustrated Persian manuscript page with central painted scene of a bearded horseman in green tunic on a blue-gray horse, flanked by rocky landscape and surrounding columns of cursive Persian script
Title
Sam Recognizes His Son Zal in the Nest of the Simurgh, Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsi
Place Made
Samarqand (?)
Date Made
circa 1430-1450
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
10 x 7 5/8 in. (25.40 x 19.37 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.409
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, Thomas W. Lentz, Sheila R. Canby, Edwin Binney, 3rd, Walter B. Denny, and Stephen Markel. "Arts from Islamic Cultures: Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Arts of Asia 17, no. 6 (November/December 1987): 73-130.