Safavid School, 16th Century
An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: The Arrival of Barbad in the garden of Khusrau Parviz
Gouache and ink heightened with gold on paper, 10 lines to the page written in nasta'liq in black ink arranged in 4 columns, a heading in blue nasta'liq on a gold panel, verso with 25 lines to the page, with 2 headings in blue on gold illuminated panels
painting: 27.5 by 21cm.
35.5 by 23.1cm.