BATTLE OF BAHRAM CHUBINA AND KHOSROW PARVIZ, TURKISH SCHOOL, LATE 15TH CENTURY
Page of a Shah Name. Bahram Chubina and Khosrow Parviz, both in armor and mounted on caparisoned horses, engage in a duel in a bluish hilly landscape, dotted with flowering stumps. Soldiers watch the scene sounding trumpets and drums under a blue sky crossed by swirling clouds. Text of four columns in black Nastaliq script above the miniature, separated by illuminated margins with floral and geometric friezes on a gold background. Illuminated title cartridge. Page: 33.5 by 22 cm.
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Page of a Shah Name. Bahram Chubina and Khosrow Parviz, both in armor and mounted on caparisoned horses, engage in a duel in a bluish hilly landscape, dotted with flowering stumps. Soldiers watch the scene sounding trumpets and drums under a blue sky crossed by swirling clouds. Text of four columns in black Nastaliq script above the miniature, separated by illuminated margins with floral and geometric friezes on a gold background. Illuminated title cartridge. Page: 33.5 by 22 cm.
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