细节
FIRDAWSI AND THE POETS OF GHAZNI
PROBABLY QAZVIN, IRAN, LAST QUARTER 16TH CENTURY
An illustration from the Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Firdawsi and the poets of Ghazni, identified as 'Unsari, Farrukh and Asjidi, sit in a floral landscape between two streams, tall cypress and prunus trees spring from the banks, text panels above and below, each with 3ll. of small black nasta'liq, the lower one with some words picked out in blue naskh, verso with 25ll. of similar text, text panels outlined in gold and polychrome, catchword, later notes in the margins, some staining and flaking, mounted
Painting 7 7/8 x 5 7/8in. (19.2 x 15.1cm.); folio 12½ x 7¾in. (31.8 x 19.3cm.)