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Firdawsi Receiving Wages in a Bathhouse, Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of FirdawsiCirca 1550-1575

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Illustrated Persian manuscript page with multiple registers showing figures in robes around a pool, a building interior, and animals, surrounded by floral-patterned borders and bands of Persian script
Illustrated manuscript page with opaque watercolor and gold, depicting a multi-story bathhouse scene with numerous figures bathing, attendants, and courtly onlookers; a rooftop register shows oxen and workers above; columns of Persian nastaliq script flank and separate the compositions; intricate tile-patterned borders throughout.
Title
Firdawsi Receiving Wages in a Bathhouse, Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsi
Place Made
Iran, Shiraz
Date Made
Circa 1550-1575
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
22 11/16 x 14 1/2 in. (57.7 x 36.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.591
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.