Two illustrated folios from a book of...
Two illustrated folios from a book of Kings (Shahnamah), Mughal India, late 17th-early 18th century, from Firdawsi's Shahnama, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the first depicting the hero Rustam wearing his tiger helmet and coat slaying a fierce dragon, his horse Rakhsh attacking the dragon from behind, on a green ground; the other depicting two heroes in combat, one slaying the other, each richly dressed, watched by their respective armies, two camels with drum players at top, ea
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Two illustrated folios from a book of Kings (Shahnamah), Mughal India, late 17th-early 18th century, from Firdawsi's Shahnama, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the first depicting the hero Rustam wearing his tiger helmet and coat slaying a fierce dragon, his horse Rakhsh attacking the dragon from behind, on a green ground; the other depicting two heroes in combat, one slaying the other, each richly dressed, watched by their respective armies, two camels with drum players at top, ea