AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FERDOSI: THE CAPTIVE SIYAVOSH BROUGHT BEFORE AFRASIYAB
CENTRAL INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY GOLCONDA, MID 16TH CENTURY
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FERDOSI: THE CAPTIVE SIYAVOSH BROUGHT BEFORE AFRASIYAB CENTRAL INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY GOLCONDA, Mid 16th century Siyavosh wearing a white tunic representing his innocence, dragged by the hair and presented to Afrasiyab, the King of Turan, seated on a raised dais with attendants with rounded turbans behind, set against rocky landscape with fortress and trees in background, Persian verses in nasta'liq divided into four columns above and below, set inside red and gold ruled margins Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold 6¾ x 4¾ in. (17.1 x 12 cm.), painting 10½ x 7 1/8 in. (26.6 x 18 cm.), folio
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FERDOSI: THE CAPTIVE SIYAVOSH BROUGHT BEFORE AFRASIYAB
CENTRAL INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY GOLCONDA, MID 16TH CENTURY
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FERDOSI: THE CAPTIVE SIYAVOSH BROUGHT BEFORE AFRASIYAB CENTRAL INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY GOLCONDA, Mid 16th century Siyavosh wearing a white tunic representing his innocence, dragged by the hair and presented to Afrasiyab, the King of Turan, seated on a raised dais with attendants with rounded turbans behind, set against rocky landscape with fortress and trees in background, Persian verses in nasta'liq divided into four columns above and below, set inside red and gold ruled margins Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold 6¾ x 4¾ in. (17.1 x 12 cm.), painting 10½ x 7 1/8 in. (26.6 x 18 cm.), folio
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