AN ILLUSTRATED AND ILLUMINATED LEAF FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF THE SHAHNAMA, SAFAVID PERSIA, 16TH CENTURY

AN ILLUSTRATED AND ILLUMINATED LEAF FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF THE SHAHNAMA, SAFAVID PERSIA, 16TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3004590

Painted in opaque colours heightened with gold on paper, lines of nasta'liq in four columns, polychrome ruled margins, depicting the shah Bahram with his soldiers and animals in a landscape.
17 by 25 cm.