Safavid School, 17th Century
A detached illustrated folio from a Persian epic : a charging hero slays a dragon, Safavid Iran, 17th century, Possibly from a Shahnamah , Rustam's third course ; opaque pigments and black ink on paper, mounted on a piebald charger, trumpeter and pennant holders behind a rocky outcrop, four columns of nasta'liq script within black double ruled gold margins above and bellow, the reverse with red heading and text similarly laid out, the folio cropped, some staining and restoration, the edges pat, 17th century
black ink on paper
25.5 x 15.4cm.
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