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King Khusraw Parviz Listening to Barbad the Concealed Musician, Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsicirca 1300

Not on view
Persian manuscript page with a central miniature painting of a group of robed figures in a garden, surrounded above and below by columns of Arabic-script text on a gold-speckled ground
Title
King Khusraw Parviz Listening to Barbad the Concealed Musician, Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsi
Place Made
Iraq, Baghdad (?)
Date Made
circa 1300
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
6 x 5 1/8 in. (15.24 x 13.02 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.406
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.
  • Komaroff, Linda. Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 2005.
  • Hossain, Shakeel, ed. Jashn-e Khusrau 2013: Celebrating the Genius of Khusrau. Geneva: Aga Khan Trust for Culture, 2014.

  • 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.

  • Pal, Pratapaditya. In Pursuit of the Past: Collecting Old Art in Modern India, circa 1875-1950. Mumbai: Marg Foundation, 2015.