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Collections

Bahram Gur with the Dragon, Page from a Manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizamicirca 1560

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Illustrated Persian manuscript page with Nastaliq script panels above a painted scene of a mounted rider on a blue horse charging toward a rearing black dragon-like creature across an orange and magenta landscape

Unknown, Bahram Gur with the Dragon, Page from a Manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami, circa 1560, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Bahram Gur with the Dragon, Page from a Manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami
Place Made
Iran, Qazvin
Date Made
circa 1560
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
7 3/16 x 6 13/16 in. (18.10 x 17.15 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.589
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.