AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A SAFAVID SHAHNAMA: RUSTAM IN BATTLE
AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A SAFAVID SHAHNAMA: RUSTAM IN BATTLE

SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY

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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A SAFAVID SHAHNAMA: RUSTAM IN BATTLE
SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicting Rustam lassooing his opponent his horse, a man lies dead in the foreground, the scene watched by soldiers in the background, with text in black nasta'liq script arranged in four columns above and below, the reverse with 24ll. of text, between blue, black and gold rules, mounted on card
Illustration 6½ x 6¾in. (16.8 x 17.3cm.); folio 10 3/8 x 7½in. (26.2 x 19cm.)

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