Binding from Book of Kings (Shahnama)

Description Provenance Credit

Description This black lacquer binding from Walters manuscript W.603 has a central oval and pendants and is decorated with gold flowers. The binding is not original to the manuscript, and dates to the 13th century AH/AD 19th. The binding also contains a painted doublure with a plant with yellow flowers (perhaps daffodils) that dates to the 13th century AH/AD 19th.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Anonymous (Artist)

Period

13th century AH/AD 19th century

Medium

boards covered with lacquer
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.603.binding

Measurements

Folio H: 13 3/8 x W: 7 11/16 in. (34 x 19.5 cm)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

The Tomb of Firdawsi in a Landscape	Title
13th century AH/AD 19th century (Qajar)	Period
W.603.269A	Accession

Sa'd-i Vaqqas Kills Rustam-i Hurmuzd	Title
11th century AH/AD 17th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century (Safavid (?))	Period
W.603.260B	Accession
sultan mahmud of ghazni; iyaz (his slave)	Tags

Mihr Hurmuzd Kills Khusraw Parviz	Title
11th century AH/AD 17th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century (Safavid (?))	Period
W.603.253B	Accession

Gurdiyah, Sister of Bahram Chubinah, Kills her Husband Gastahm	Title
11th century AH/AD 17th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century (Safavid (?))	Period
W.603.236A	Accession

Khusraw Parviz Battles Bahram Chubinah	Title
11th century AH/AD 17th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century (Safavid (?))	Period
W.603.222B	Accession
combat	Tags