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Prince Miranshah greets Princess Serai Malak Khanum

Dateca. 1435 - 36

Label TextThis scene comes from the Zafarnama, the chronicle of Timur's rise to power and the founding of the Timurid dynasty at Samarqand. Taken from a Zafarnama by Yazdi and copied by Ya'qub ibn Hasan, the page depicts a familiar composition. Princess Serai Malak Khanum and her sons face Prince Miranshah across a field, framed by text and mountains as well. The cloud-like mountain or cliff at the right side of the painting, nearly obscuring the Prince's attendant, activates the scene by overflowing into the border, bringing the story beyond the bounds of a book and into the reader's own space.

Object number49.133

Provenance1949 Heeramaneck Galleries

Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia

Exhibition HistorySan Diego, California, San Diego Fine Arts Society, Persian Exhibition, 1949 Rome, Italy, Palazzo Brancaccio, Iranian Art, 1956 Paris, France, Petit Palais,"7000 Years of Art In Iran", 1961; Villa Hugel, Essen, Germany, 1962; Gemeente Museum, Den Haag, Netherlands, 1962; Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland, 1962; Osterreiches Mus. fur Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria, 1963; Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy, 1963. (1961 - 1963) Pasedena, California, Pasedena Art Institute, Persian Exhibition, 1949 Demotte Inc., "Persian Paintings From XII - XVII Centuries", 1929 (1929)Published ReferencesDemotte Inc., "Persian Paintings", 1929, pp. 6, 20 (42), ill. p. 21 (S.E. Lee Library). "Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 20 (b&w) Palazzo Brancaccio, Rome, Italy, "Iranian Art", 1956, p. 273 (504). Nakai, Ghods. Sept Mille Ans d'Art en Iran. Paris: Petit Palais, 1961; p. 193, no. 1078. Villa Hugel, Essen, Germany, "7,000 Jahre Kunst in Iran", 1962, no. 569. Osterreichisches Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria, Kunstschatze aus Iran", 1963, no. 680. Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy, "7,000 Anni D'Arte Iranica", 1963, p. 181, no. 618. Robinson, B.W., "Persain Drawings from the 14th Through the 19th Centuries", 1965, p. 101, pl. 69, p. 138. Rogers, Millard B. "Engagement Book: Iranian Art in the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1972, fig. 41. Sims, Eleanor, "The Garrett Manuscript of the Zafar-Name: A Study in Fifteenth Century Timurid Patronage," New York University Doctoral Dissertation, 1973, Fig. 1. Scheiwiller, Staci Gem. Liminalities of Gender and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century Iranian Photography: Desirous Bodies. New York: Routledge, 2017; p. 34, reproduced fig. 2.2.

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

Dimensions9 1/2 x 7 13/16 in. (24.1 x 19.9 cm)

MediumOpaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper