A BATTLE SCENE FROM THE SHAHNAMA
A BATTLE SCENE FROM THE SHAHNAMA

SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY

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A BATTLE SCENE FROM THE SHAHNAMA
SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
An illustration from the Shahnama of Firdawsi, gouache heightened with gold on paper, depicting a battle scene in which a figure cleaves another in two, armed spectators look on, with lines of muhaqqaq above and below, mounted in scrolling flower and palmette gilded borders
Miniature 6½ x 4 5/8in. (16.5 x 14.3cm.); folio 11¾ x 7 7/8in. (29.8 x 19.6cm.)

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Although it has not been possible to identify this miniature, the figures may be Fariburz cleaving Gulbad, the son of Visa.

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