A FOLIO FROM A LARGE ILLUSTRATED SHAHNAMA (BOOK OF KINGS): THE DEATH OF RUSTAM AND HIS HORSE RAKHSH
A FOLIO FROM A LARGE ILLUSTRATED SHAHNAMA (BOOK OF KINGS): THE DEATH OF RUSTAM AND HIS HORSE RAKHSH

MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A FOLIO FROM A LARGE ILLUSTRATED SHAHNAMA (BOOK OF KINGS): THE DEATH OF RUSTAM AND HIS HORSE RAKHSH
MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Opaque and transparent pigments heightened with gold and silver on paper, the wounded Rustam shoots an arrow at his half-brother Shaghhad, pinning him to the tree, another figure watches the scene, probably the King of Kabul, with text in black nasta'liq script arranged in six columns between gold rules above and below, framed and glazed
Folio 15.1/2 x 10.1/2in. (39.5 x 26.8cm.)

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