Two illustrated folios from a book of Kings (Shahnamah), Mughal India, late 17th-early 18th century, from Firdawsi's Shahnama, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the first depicting the hero Rustam wearing his tiger helmet and coat slaying a fierce dragon, his horse Rakhsh attacking the dragon from behind, on a green ground; the other depicting two heroes in combat, one slaying the other, each richly dressed, watched by their respective armies, two camels with drum players at top, ea
Two illustrated folios from a book of Kings (Shahnamah), Mughal India, late 17th-early 18th century, from Firdawsi's Shahnama, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the first depicting the hero Rustam wearing his tiger helmet and coat slaying a fierce dragon, his horse Rakhsh attacking the dragon from behind, on a green ground; the other depicting two heroes in combat, one slaying the other, each richly dressed, watched by their respective armies, two camels with drum players at top, ea
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