Safavid School, 16th Century
An illustrated and illuminated leaf from the Shah Isma'il II manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh, ascribed to the artist Siyavush, Persia, Qazwin, Safavid circa 1577
gouache and ink heightened with gold on paper
painting: 24.3 by 19.9cm.31.5 by 20cm.45.5 by 31.6cm.hin 4