THE BATTLE BETWEEN BAKTURUN AND SIMJURI, TIMURID IRAN, CIRCA 1430
Gouache on paper heightened with gold, from a manuscript of The History of the World, the two mounted warriors at the centre of the composition facing each other in battle, one brandishing a sword, the other aiming a bow and arrow at his enemey, twenty-four lines of naskh below, the reverse with thirty-fine lines of naskh - folio 17 x 13 1/8in (43.2 x 33.3cm)
THE BATTLE BETWEEN BAKTURUN AND SIMJURI, TIMURID IRAN, CIRCA 1430
Gouache on paper heightened with gold, from a manuscript of The History of the World, the two mounted warriors at the centre of the composition facing each other in battle, one brandishing a sword, the other aiming a bow and arrow at his enemey, twenty-four lines of naskh below, the reverse with thirty-fine lines of naskh - folio 17 x 13 1/8in (43.2 x 33.3cm)