Illustrated leaf from a Shahnameh, Persian manuscript and gouache heightned with gold on paper, each with lines of black nasta'liq in four columns on gold sprinkled paper, green and gold divisions, the illustration showing Rustem fighting a warrior who wields a large black mace, each on horseback with their armies watching, gold, orange and green margins between black rules, blue outer rule, margin painted with gold flora and fauna, framed and glazed, (some creasing, rubbing and flaking, staining of green rules from verso), Safavid Persia, 16th century - 14¼ x 8½in. (36.5 x 21.6cm.)