Keywords: Amir Khusraw Dihlavi - Shirin Encounters the Sculptor Farhad - Walters W62459A - Full Page.jpg This folio from Walters manuscript W 624 depicts a scene from the Shirin va Khusraw On horseback Shirin approaches the sculptor Farhad The milk flowing through the channel recalls Shirin's request that Farhad cut a path through the mountain to bring milk from his flocks to her pavilion Below the image the border is inscribed 'amal-i work of Sanwalah between 1597 1598 Mughal ink pigments laid paper cm 28 5 19 accession number W 624 59A 12554 Muhammad Zaki 1241 AH/AD 1825-1826 mode of acquisition unknown oval seal fols 1a 211a 'abd al-raji Muhammad Shafi' 1247 AH/AD 1831-1832 mode of acquisition unknown rectangular seal fols 1a 211a Muhammad 'Ali date and mode of acquisition unknown large oval seal with no date on fol 211a Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Pearls of the Parrot of India The Emperor Akbar's Illustrated Khamsa 1597-1598 The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 2005-2006 place of origin Lahore Pakistan Walters Art Museum license 2D Khamsa of Amir Khusraw Walters MS 624 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |