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Collections

Hormuz Tied to a Column and Beaten, Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsicirca 1490

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Illustrated Persian manuscript page with columns of script in nastaliq above and below a framed miniature painting of a courtly interior scene with seven robed figures
Illustrated manuscript page with opaque watercolor and gold; interior court scene with four figures in Central Asian dress gathered near an arched window hung with layered purple, green, and orange drapery; blue tiled walls with white star motifs; floral blue border at top.
Title
Hormuz Tied to a Column and Beaten, Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsi
Place Made
Iran, Shiraz
Date Made
circa 1490
Period
Timurid (1370-1506)
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
8 15/16 x 6 1/8 in. (22.70 x 15.56 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.463
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.