Tile Depicting Bahram Gur and Azada

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 455

Illustrating a scene from the Persian national epic, the Shahnama, this tile depicts the hero Bahram Gur hunting with his favorite harp-playing companion, Azada - both atop a striding camel. Similar tiles bearing figures drawn from popular Persian literature are known to have decorated the Ilkhanid summer palace known as Takht-e Sulaiman, likely built in the late 13th century for the ruler Abaqa (1265-1282).

Tile Depicting Bahram Gur and Azada, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze, modeled

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Tile Depicting Bahram Gur and Azada, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze, modeled
Tile Depicting Bahram Gur and Azada, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze, modeled
Tile Depicting Bahram Gur and Azada, Stonepaste; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on opaque white glaze, modeled

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