An enthroned Zal and Rudabeh being entertained by palace courtiers and attendants, leaf from a Shahnameh, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [probably Shiraz, Safavid Persia, last decades of sixteenth century] single leaf, text in 4 columns, 6 black nasta'liq forming text around the image (verso with 23 lines nasta'liq), miniature depicting Zal and Rudabeh sitting on a high throne, with attendants poised in waiting while the pair are entertained by poets and a musician, on the left-hand side of the image the wider palace is seen with an observer from a window and a palace cleaner, panel ruled in orange, gold and black, miniature heightened in silver and gold, a few darkened areas and some light smudges, overall presentable and bright, outer edges of leaf trimmed, 320 by 225 mm.; in modern card mount
An enthroned Zal and Rudabeh being entertained by palace courtiers and attendants, leaf from a Shahnameh, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [probably Shiraz, Safavid Persia, last decades of sixteenth century] single leaf, text in 4 columns, 6 black nasta'liq forming text around the image (verso with 23 lines nasta'liq), miniature depicting Zal and Rudabeh sitting on a high throne, with attendants poised in waiting while the pair are entertained by poets and a musician, on the left-hand side of the image the wider palace is seen with an observer from a window and a palace cleaner, panel ruled in orange, gold and black, miniature heightened in silver and gold, a few darkened areas and some light smudges, overall presentable and bright, outer edges of leaf trimmed, 320 by 225 mm.; in modern card mount
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