Two folios from a dispersed Shahnama, Delhi, North India, circa...
Two folios from a dispersed Shahnama, Delhi, North India, circa 1840, ink and opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, illustrating Rustam and Rakhsh slay a dragon and Rostam slays an opponant with his bow and arrow, each with lines of black nastaliq Persian above and below, the reverse of each with 25ll. of black nastaliq Persian arranged in four vertical columns, painting 21 x 12cm., folio 30.5 x 19.5cm. (2)
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Two folios from a dispersed Shahnama, Delhi, North India, circa 1840, ink and opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, illustrating Rustam and Rakhsh slay a dragon and Rostam slays an opponant with his bow and arrow, each with lines of black nastaliq Persian above and below, the reverse of each with 25ll. of black nastaliq Persian arranged in four vertical columns, painting 21 x 12cm., folio 30.5 x 19.5cm. (2)