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Vizier Buzurghmihr Showing the Game of Chess to King Khusraw Anushirwan, Painting Mounted onto an Album Folio1525-1575

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Illustrated Persian manuscript page, opaque watercolor and gold on salmon-pink paper, with a central scene of five turbaned figures around a game board beneath an arched interior, flanked by a flowering tree and a domed architectural setting
Persian manuscript painting with gold-flecked margins; four turbaned figures gathered around a backgammon board beneath a gilded arch, a flowering tree at left and tiled doorway at right; lines of Persian script above in nastaliq hand.
Title
Vizier Buzurghmihr Showing the Game of Chess to King Khusraw Anushirwan, Painting Mounted onto an Album Folio
Culture
Turkish
Place Made
Turkey
Date Made
1525-1575
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
6 1/8 x 10 in. (15.5 x 25.5 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.586
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.