Khusrau Surprising Shirin While Bathing, 1550-99. Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501-1722). Silk: velvet, pile-warp substitution; mounted: 44.5 x 26.7 cm (17 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.). These velvet fragments depict an episode from the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141-1209), in which the lovers Khusrau and Shirin first see each other. A pre-Islamic king of Iran, Khusrau has fallen in love with Shirin after seeing her portrait and is traveling to meet her when he happens across her bathing in a stream. Not yet realizing that she is Shirin, Khusrau is transfixed by the womans beauty and covets both her and her magnificent black horse. The horses mane is just visible here, and she has placed her crown and tunic atop a branch.

Khusrau Surprising Shirin While Bathing, 1550-99. Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501-1722). Silk: velvet, pile-warp substitution; mounted: 44.5 x 26.7 cm (17 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.). These velvet fragments depict an episode from the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141-1209), in which the lovers Khusrau and Shirin first see each other. A pre-Islamic king of Iran, Khusrau has fallen in love with Shirin after seeing her portrait and is traveling to meet her when he happens across her bathing in a stream. Not yet realizing that she is Shirin, Khusrau is transfixed by the womans beauty and covets both her and her magnificent black horse. The horses mane is just visible here, and she has placed her crown and tunic atop a branch.
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