AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FERDOSI: THE BIRTH OF RUSTAM
CENTRAL INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY GOLCONDA, MID 16TH CENTURY
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FERDOSI: THE BIRTH OF RUSTAM CENTRAL INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY GOLCONDA, Mid 16th century Rudabeh cradles her newly born son Rustam in her arms, his father the albino Zal wearing an orange tunic and stretches his hand out towards the mother and child, set inside a chamber with elegant thin columns and domed turrets with pointed finials, with Persian verses in nasta'liq above and below divided into four columns, set inside gold and red ruled margins Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold 6¾ x 4¾ in. (17.1 x 12 cm.), painting 10 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (27 x 18.7 cm.), folio
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FERDOSI: THE BIRTH OF RUSTAM
CENTRAL INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY GOLCONDA, MID 16TH CENTURY
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FERDOSI: THE BIRTH OF RUSTAM CENTRAL INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY GOLCONDA, Mid 16th century Rudabeh cradles her newly born son Rustam in her arms, his father the albino Zal wearing an orange tunic and stretches his hand out towards the mother and child, set inside a chamber with elegant thin columns and domed turrets with pointed finials, with Persian verses in nasta'liq above and below divided into four columns, set inside gold and red ruled margins Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold 6¾ x 4¾ in. (17.1 x 12 cm.), painting 10 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (27 x 18.7 cm.), folio
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