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CENTRAL INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY GOLCONDA, MID 16TH CENTURY
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AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FERDOSI: THE CAPTIVE SIYAVOSH BROUGHT BEFORE AFRASIYAB
CENTRAL INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY GOLCONDA, Mid 16th century
Siyavosh wearing a white tunic representing his innocence, dragged by the hair and presented to Afrasiyab, the King of Turan, seated on a raised dais with attendants with rounded turbans behind, set against rocky landscape with fortress and trees in background, Persian verses in nasta'liq divided into four columns above and below, set inside red and gold ruled margins
Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold
6¾ x 4¾ in. (17.1 x 12 cm.), painting
10½ x 7 1/8 in. (26.6 x 18 cm.), folio
CENTRAL INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY GOLCONDA, Mid 16th century
Siyavosh wearing a white tunic representing his innocence, dragged by the hair and presented to Afrasiyab, the King of Turan, seated on a raised dais with attendants with rounded turbans behind, set against rocky landscape with fortress and trees in background, Persian verses in nasta'liq divided into four columns above and below, set inside red and gold ruled margins
Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold
6¾ x 4¾ in. (17.1 x 12 cm.), painting
10½ x 7 1/8 in. (26.6 x 18 cm.), folio