2002.50.147: Bahram Gur in the Sandalwood Pavilion, from the Haft paykar
ManuscriptsIdentification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.50.147
- Title
- Bahram Gur in the Sandalwood Pavilion, from the Haft paykar
- Other Titles
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Former Title: Bahram Gur in the Sandalwood Pavilion (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Haft Paykar) by Nizami
Series/Book Title: Khamsa (Haft Paykar) by Nizami - Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript folio
- Date
- 1584
- Places
- Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Shiraz
- Period
- Safavid period
- Culture
- Persian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/146581
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- 40 x 26.1 cm (15 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Mansour Gallery, London, 1994 or 1995], sold; to Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood, Belmont, MA (1994 or 1995 - 2002), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2002.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.50.147
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- This painting depicts Bahram Gur’s visit, on the sixth day, to the sandalwood pavilion of Princess Yaghme, the daughter of the emperor of China. The couple is dressed in garments that match the color of the pavilion, here articulated in pale yellow and washed peach. The princess offers her husband pomegranates on a golden tray; he holds a winecup. They are attended by Yaghme’s ladies-in-waiting, female musicians, and other servants. Although the text describes a pavilion furnished with Chinese treasures, it is depicted here as richly decorated with tiles, wall paintings, and carpets in Persianate style.
Published Catalogue Text: In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art , written 2013
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Bahram Gur in the Sandalwood Pavilion, from the Haft paykar
Recto: text and illustration, with title “Bahram goes on Thursday to the Sandalwood pavilion”
Verso: text
Folio: 40 × 26.1 cm (15 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
2002.50.147
This painting depicts Bahram Gur’s visit, on the sixth day, to the sandalwood pavilion of Princess Yaghme, the daughter of the emperor of China. The couple is dressed in garments that match the color of the pavilion, here articulated in pale yellow and washed peach. The princess offers her husband pomegranates on a golden tray; he holds a winecup. They are attended by Yaghme’s ladies-in-waiting, female musicians, and other servants. Although the text describes a pavilion furnished with Chinese treasures, it is depicted here as richly decorated with tiles, wall paintings, and carpets in Persianate style.
Mika M. Natif
Publication History
- Mary McWilliams, ed., In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2013), p. 247, cat. 111, ill.
Exhibition History
Verification Level
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