Tile depicting Khusrau Happening upon Shirin Bathing

This rectangular ceramic tile depicts the narrative scene of Khusrau happening upon Shirin bathing. The composition presents figures rendered in molded relief and painted underglaze. On the right, a crowned male rider on a white horse brings his finger to his lips in surprise, accompanied behind him by a mounted attendant bearing a parasol. On the left, Shirin sits beside a basin beneath a patterned canopy draped by an attendant, holding a cup. The figures are set within a dense landscape filled with blossoming plants, foliage, trees, and small animals, framed by a continuous floral scroll border.

The tile is crafted from fritware with molded decoration and underglaze painting. It measures 52.3 × 40.2 × 4.5 cm (20 5/8 × 15 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.) and was produced in Iran, probably in Tehran, in the late nineteenth century during the Qajar dynasty (1789–1925). It is held in the Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection.