The Game of Chess Is Presented to the King, Khosrow I
Artist
Unknown
CulturePersian
Date1341
MediumPaper, watercolor
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. (35.8 x 28.3 cm)
InscribedOn back upper left "T495". Six long columns of calligraphy on back divided by red lines, "Brintal 704" written in pencil on bottom edge at right.
Credit LineC.W. Grandy Art Purchase Fund
Object number54.19.1
Not on view
DescriptionPersian miniature from the Pompeian Red Shah-Nama. Miniature between twelve short columns of calligraphy. Mated with 54.20.1.Exhibition HistoryNorfolk Society of the Arts, Nov. 1953, Exhibition. Published ReferencesGibbon, RISE & FALL OF ANCIENT ROME. Burgurg Mihir, a Persian sage, imported game of chess from India (pre. V Cent) & introduces it to Hormouz (as Hormisdes, degenerate son of Chosroes Nushirvas).
