Safavid School, 16th Century
BAHRAM CHUBINA DECAPITATES SAVAH SHAH
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 5ll. black nasta'liq arranged in four columns above and below with double gold intercolumnar rules, set within gold and polychrome rules, the margins plain, the verso with 21ll. black nasta'liq on the horizontal and diagonal arranged in four columns set within gold and polychrome rules, right hand margin associated, bound to an associated fragmentary folio consisting 25ll. text similarly arranged on both sides, on red silk-covered mount
Painting 7 录 x 7 7/8in. (18.5 x 19.3cm.)9 3鈦8 x 7 戮in. (23.3 x 14.5cm.)13 戮 x 11in. (34.8 x 27.8cm.)