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Bahram Visits the White Domed Pavilion on Friday, illustrated with text in Khamsa of Nizami (verso), from a Haft Paykar (Seven Portraits) of Nizami

c. 1560–80

Iran, Shiraz, Safavid period

(1501-1722)
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opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
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Gift of William Kelly Simpson in memory of his wife Marilyn M. Simpson and her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. 2006.146
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The wife recounts a tale with dancing fairies, suggested by the girl dancing to music in the foreground of the painting.

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The Haft Paykar is an epic romantic poem that tells the story of the Sasanian king, Bahram Gur (ruled AD 420–38). The story relates how the king had an architect construct seven domed pavilions with different colors for each of his seven beautiful brides who came from different parts of the world. On each day of the week, the king visited one princess and enjoyed her company. In the center of this scene, sits Bahram and his bride from Iran dressed in resplendent white garments. Attendants bring them food and drink, while a dancer and an ensemble of musicians entertains them.
A book page depicts an interior scene of people with light skin tones, most clustered in the lower right above black script. There, a man and a woman with light-colored clothing sit facing each other surrounded by people wearing blue, purple, orange, and beige robes. A person stands in a rectangular doorway behind them. On the left, people cluster in a pointed-arch doorway and pointed-arch window above it. Organic and geometric patterns in various colors cover every surface.

Bahram Visits the White Domed Pavilion on Friday, illustrated with text in Khamsa of Nizami (verso), from a Haft Paykar (Seven Portraits) of Nizami

c. 1560–80

Iran, Shiraz, Safavid period (1501-1722)

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