Rustam Fighting Afrasiyab, with soldiers watching on from the hillside, leaf from a Shahnameh, in Ottoman Turkish, illuminated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Empire, c. 1600] single leaf, ink and gouache on paper, image depicting Rustam and Afrasiyab fighting on horseback, one severed soldier in the foreground and more soldiers peering over the hillside above them, reverse in single column, with 25 lines black naskh, both sides ruled in blue and gold, some light surface scratches and fading in places, overall striking bright and presentable copy, 300 by 195 mm.; in modern card mount A miniature from a rare copy of the Shahnameh in Ottoman translation. The reverse of this miniature shows the translation of the Epic Persian poetry in Ottoman prose, with the bold colouring and striking stylistic contrasts in the miniature drawing technique to a Persian copy from this period.
Rustam Fighting Afrasiyab, with soldiers watching on from the hillside, leaf from a Shahnameh, in Ottoman Turkish, illuminated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Empire, c. 1600] single leaf, ink and gouache on paper, image depicting Rustam and Afrasiyab fighting on horseback, one severed soldier in the foreground and more soldiers peering over the hillside above them, reverse in single column, with 25 lines black naskh, both sides ruled in blue and gold, some light surface scratches and fading in places, overall striking bright and presentable copy, 300 by 195 mm.; in modern card mount A miniature from a rare copy of the Shahnameh in Ottoman translation. The reverse of this miniature shows the translation of the Epic Persian poetry in Ottoman prose, with the bold colouring and striking stylistic contrasts in the miniature drawing technique to a Persian copy from this period.
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