AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE SHAHNAMA ("BOOK OF KINGS"): RUSTAM AND THE WHITE DIV
KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, Rustam with his tiger's head helmet seizing White Div by one of his horns and about to kill him, watched by other divs in the background, his horse Rakht behind him, elephants and cavalry on the foreground, with four columns of black text in nasta'liq script above and below, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 8¾ x 4 5/8in. (22.2 x 11.7cm.)
AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE SHAHNAMA ("BOOK OF KINGS"): RUSTAM AND THE WHITE DIV
KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, Rustam with his tiger's head helmet seizing White Div by one of his horns and about to kill him, watched by other divs in the background, his horse Rakht behind him, elephants and cavalry on the foreground, with four columns of black text in nasta'liq script above and below, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 8¾ x 4 5/8in. (22.2 x 11.7cm.)
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