BIZHAN IS BROUGHT BEFORE AFRASIYAB
SAFAVID SHIRAZ, SOUTH IRAN, CIRCA 1500-1525
An illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on buff paper, Afrasiyab sits upon an elaborate throne in a pink landscape scattered with floral sprays, around him courtiers stand in attendance as an armed soldier brings forth a handcuffed Bizhan, four columns of black nasta'liq script below and a further two lines above, between gold rules, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 6 3/8 x 4 1/8in. (16 x 10.4cm.); folio 12¾ x 7½in. (32 x 19cm.)
BIZHAN IS BROUGHT BEFORE AFRASIYAB
SAFAVID SHIRAZ, SOUTH IRAN, CIRCA 1500-1525
An illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on buff paper, Afrasiyab sits upon an elaborate throne in a pink landscape scattered with floral sprays, around him courtiers stand in attendance as an armed soldier brings forth a handcuffed Bizhan, four columns of black nasta'liq script below and a further two lines above, between gold rules, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 6 3/8 x 4 1/8in. (16 x 10.4cm.); folio 12¾ x 7½in. (32 x 19cm.)
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