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IRAN, FROM A MANUSCRIPT DATED AH 901/1496 AD
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AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A SHAHNAMA: ISKANDAR LASSOES A DIV
IRAN, FROM A MANUSCRIPT DATED AH 901/1496 AD
Opaque pigments on paper, the hero dragging a demon behind his galloping steed, a mounted knight shooting an arrow in a hilly landscape, an army watching in the background, black nasta’liq script arranged in four columns between gold rules above, the reverse with four columns of text in black nasta’liq script, the lower third of the painting probably a Qajar addition
Folio 13 3/8 x 7 ¾in. (34 x 19.3cm.), illustration 6 x 4 3/8in. (15.3 x 11.2cm.)
IRAN, FROM A MANUSCRIPT DATED AH 901/1496 AD
Opaque pigments on paper, the hero dragging a demon behind his galloping steed, a mounted knight shooting an arrow in a hilly landscape, an army watching in the background, black nasta’liq script arranged in four columns between gold rules above, the reverse with four columns of text in black nasta’liq script, the lower third of the painting probably a Qajar addition
Folio 13 3/8 x 7 ¾in. (34 x 19.3cm.), illustration 6 x 4 3/8in. (15.3 x 11.2cm.)