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Isfandiyar Attacks the Simurgh from an Armored Vehicle, Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsicirca 1485-1495

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Persian manuscript page with nasta'liq script in columns above and below a painted scene of a galloping horse carrying a latticed litter, confronted by a multicolored phoenix-like creature with outspread feathered wings

Unknown, Isfandiyar Attacks the Simurgh from an Armored Vehicle, Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsi, circa 1485-1495, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Isfandiyar Attacks the Simurgh from an Armored Vehicle, Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsi
Place Made
Iran, Shiraz
Date Made
circa 1485-1495
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
8 7/8 x 6 in. (22.54 x 15.24 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.410
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.