West Asian Portraits

Group Portraits

Mina’i ware bowl (LACMA M.45.3.116). Iran - 1187

Figures (V&A Museum A.20-1928, 21, & 22). Iran - 1200-1250

"King Khusraw Anushirvan Enthroned" from the Shahnama of Firdawsi (LACMA M.73.5.18). Iran - 1341

Wedding of Zal and Rudaba from the Book of Kings of Firdawsi (LACMA M.73.5.575). Iran - 1425-50

Layla and Majnun at School from the Khamsa of Nizami (LACMA M.73.5.417). Iran - 1517

"Bahrām Gūr in the Black Pavilion" and "Bahrām Gūr in the Green Pavilion" from the Khamsa of Niẓāmī (SLAM 292:1949 & 397:1952). Persia - early-mid 16th C.

"An Enthronement Scene" from the Book of Kings of Firdawsi (LACMA M.73.5.429). Turkey? - 1525-75

"Layla and Majnun at School" from the Khamsa of Nizami (LACMA M.73.5.560). Iraq - 1545-55 

"Shirin Visiting Farhad at Mount Behistun" and "Iskandar with the Khaqan of Chin" from Khamsa of Nizami (LACMA M.73.5.427 & 454). Iran - ca. 1550

"Arrival of Yusuf in a Courtyard" from Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami (LACMA M.73.5.442). Uzbekistan - ca. 1560 

"Layla Standing in the Palm Grove" from Khamsa of Nizami (LACMA M.73.5.576). Iran - 1575-85


Men's Portraits

Mirror with hunting motif (V&A Museum 1059-1869). Iran - 1200-50 

Bowl (V&A Museum C.190-1928). Iran - 13th C.

"Iskandar, Khizr, and the Fountain of Immortality" from Book of Kings (LACMA M.73.5.590). Iran - ca. 1485-95

Bizhan Brings Back the Head of Human from the Book of Kings of Firdawsi (LACMA M.85.237.71). Iran - 1494

Folio from a Manuscript of Nizami’s Khamsa (LACMA M.85.237.99). Turkey - ca. 1500-25

"Bahram Gur Tramples a Bearded Figure Under the Hooves of His Horse" from the Shahnama of Firdawsi (LACMA M.73.5.430). Turkey? - 1525-75

Firdawsi Receiving Wages in a Bathhouse from the Shahnama of Firdawsi (LACMA M.73.5.591). Iran - ca. 1550-75 

"Battle of Iskandar with the Zangi" from Khamsa of Nizami (LACMA M.73.5.424). Iran - 1517

Two Men Under a Tree (LACMA M.73.5.561). Iran - ca. 1525

Barbarossa, Khair-ed-Din by Agostino dei Musi (National Gallery of Art Bartsch, no. 520). 1535

Horse and Groom (LACMA M.2010.54.2). Iran - 1st half of 16th C.

"Khusraw Parviz Enthroned" from the Khamsa of Nizami (LACMA M.71.73.33). Iran - 1st half of 16th C.

"Bahram Gur with the Dragon" from Khamsa of Niẓāmī (LACMA M.73.5.589). Iran - ca. 1560

"Rustam Shoots Isfandiyar in the Eye" from the Shahnama of Firdawsi (LACMA M.2009.44.4). Iran - ca. 1560

"Yusuf, After His Ordeal in the Pit" from Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami (LACMA M.73.5.443). Uzbekistan - ca. 1560

Youth in Blue with a Fur Hat (LACMA M.73.5.459). Iran - ca. 1560-75

"A School Scene" from Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami (LACMA M.73.5.440). Uzbekistan - 1564-65 

"Flight of the Tortoise" from Haft Awrang (LACMA M.73.5.17). Uzbekistan - 1564-65

Battle in a Rocky Landscape (LACMA M.85.237.23). Turkey - ca. 1580-95 

Turkish Youth Standing Under a Tree (LACMA M.85.237.45). Turkey - late 16th C.

Seated Man in a Landscape (LACMA M.73.5.482). Iran - ca. 1590

"A Court Scene" from Habib al-Siyar of Khwandamir (LACMA M.73.5.445). Iran - 1590-1600

"Army of Shah Ramin Attacking the Iron Fortress" from Tuhfat al-Lata'if (LACMA M.85.237.41). Turkey - 1593-94

Youth with a Sprig of Narcissus (LACMA M.73.5.562). Iran - 1595-1600

Sultan Mehmet III Enthroned, Attended by Two Janissaries (LACMA M.85.237.34). Turkey - ca. 1600

Painting (V&A Museum E.1085-1921). Iran - ca. 1600

A Young Dancer in a Landscape (LACMA M.73.5.480). Iran - ca. 1600 


Women's Portraits

Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress (The Met 67.119). Iran - 12th-early 13th C.

"Ladies of Egypt Stunned by Yusuf's Beauty" from Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami (LACMA M.73.5.443). Uzbekistan - ca. 1560 

Young Woman in Blue (LACMA M.85.237.30). Turkey - late 16th C.

Tile (V&A Museum 386-1880). Iran - ca. 1600 

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