細節
Leaf from a Khamseh or a Shahnameh
Safavid Persia, circa 1540
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a princely figure on horseback stares in amazement at a woman lying on the ground who has recently given birth to a child, lines of nasta'liq arranged in four columns above and below, verso with full page of text and rubric in gold within a panel, mounted with fine coloured margins with birds among foliage in gold
Folio 13½ x 8½in. (34.4 x 21.5cm.)