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AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A MUGHAL SHAHNAMA
NORTH INDIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY
From Firdawsi's Book of the Kings, story of Khusraw Parviz and Bahram Chubina, Ink and gouache on paper heightened with gold, the text with 16ll. of black nasta'liq organized in four columns with gold and polychrome rules, the miniature below expanding to the left margin, possibly from the story of Rustam, with added illumination below, the miniature originally from another folio, laid down on card
Folio 11 1/8 x 8in. (28.2 x 20.4cm.)

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