AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A PROVINCIAL SHAHNAMA, IRAN, PERSI...

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AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A PROVINCIAL SHAHNAMA, IRAN, PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY

Isfandiyar dispatches Kuhram and Andariman, opaque pigments heightened with gold and black ink on paper, a mounted knight releases arrows onto hung prisoners on a plain covered with flowers in full bloom, courtiers and knights watching the scene unfolding from hilltops, four columns of nastaliq script between double black rules filled in gold above and below, the reverse with 19ll. Visible sheet 19.5cm by 10.5cm

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11th Sep 24 at 9:30am BST

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