Safavid School, 16th Century
An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: Zahhak enthroned watching the sawing of Jamshid
Gouache and ink heightened with gold on paper, 2 lines to the page written in nasta'liq in black ink, verso with 25 lines of black nasta'liq
painting: 29.7 by 18.5cm.
35.5 by 24.2cm.