The battle of Kerbala

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The battle of Kerbala
Qajar Persia, 19th century

oil on canvas, Hasan, riding on a white horse cleaves his enemy in two while behind him Husain mortally wounds another warrior, the fore and background densely packed with a variety of animals and people in battle and genre scenes, the gaping mouth of Hell shown bottom right, various inscriptions in gold, (central crease, slight crackelure, re-varnished, slight damages to edges), with hanging rings above
67 x 107½in. (170 x 273.5cm.)