TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A SAFAVID SHAHNAMA
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TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A SAFAVID SHAHNAMA

QAZVIN, CENTRAL IRAN, CIRCA 1570

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TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A SAFAVID SHAHNAMA
QAZVIN, CENTRAL IRAN, CIRCA 1570
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, one miniature shows Afrasiyab watching a battle between two horsemen, one with a lasso; the other shows Rustam in battle with the Chinese emperor and the defeat of that emperor, with Rustam pulling the rider of an elephant of his mount, with curiously dressed dark-skinned elephant riders in the background and observers on the other side with black hats; each miniature with four columns of black nasta'liq, trimmed to inner margin, slightly rubbed, glazed each side
Each 10 x 8¼in. (25.5 x 21cm.) (2)
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