Battle scene, folio from a Shahnameh manuscript, Safavid Iran, late 16th century
Manuscript folio on paper of twenty-one lines per page divided into four columns in Persian nasta'liq in black ink, a title indicated in a cartouche in red ink. On one side, an illustration in gold and polychrome depicting a rider lifting an enemy, one of whom is probably Esfandiyar mentioned in the title on the reverse. "09" inscribed in ink in the margin.
Page size: 29 x 20 cm; painting size: 9 x 14.8 cm
Some restorations and repaints, stains, freckles.
A Safavid Folio of a Shahnama with a Fight Scene, Iran, late 16th century
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