Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Story of Bahman Seeking Rustam and Launching a Boulder toward Him (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
View through Harvard Museums
Text folio with title “Bahman arrives at the hunting ground of Rustam and Zal” and a second title, now illegible
Verso. Text corresponds with Mohl, vol. 4, pp. 586-589, lines 2698 - 2728; text describes Bahman meeting Zal, seeking and sizing up Rustam who is cooking an onager, and then launching a boulder towards him from the mountain-top, hoping to slay him.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
[Christies London 17 October 1995 lot no. 79]. [Mansour Gallery London before 1998] sold; to Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Belmont MA (by 1998-2002) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2002.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art
Title: Story of Bahman Seeking Rustam and Launching a Boulder toward Him (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Description:
Text folio with title “Bahman arrives at the hunting ground of Rustam and Zal” and a second title, now illegible
Verso.
Text corresponds with Mohl, vol.
4, pp.
586-589, lines 2698 - 2728; text describes Bahman meeting Zal, seeking and sizing up Rustam who is cooking an onager, and then launching a boulder towards him from the mountain-top, hoping to slay him.
Related Results
Rustam's Seventh Course: He Slays the White Demon (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Rustam's Seventh Course: He Slays the White Demon (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
The great hero Rustam had to perform a series of labors to free the king of Iran, Kay Kavus, who had been captured by the evil Ahriman. This illustrated folio depicts Rustam’s seve...
[Black Leather-Bound Appointment and Address Book]
[Black Leather-Bound Appointment and Address Book]
Pencil and ink on paper...
Double page: Rustam Mourns Sohrab and Carries His Coffin (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Double page: Rustam Mourns Sohrab and Carries His Coffin (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
This painting is part of a double-page composition that represents two final moments in the tragic tale of Rustam, the great Iranian hero, and his son, Sohrab. Rustam had departed ...
Rustam Mourns Sohrab and Carries His Coffin (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Rustam Mourns Sohrab and Carries His Coffin (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
This painting is part of a double-page composition that represents two final moments in the tragic tale of Rustam, the great Iranian hero, and his son, Sohrab. Rustam had departed...
Afrasiyab and Siyavush Embrace (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Afrasiyab and Siyavush Embrace (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
In this part of Firdawsi’s epic, the Iranian king Kay Kavus decided to wage war against Turan (Turkestan), even though his son, prince Siyavush, had signed a treaty with the Turani...