Persian Miniature Painting: Rustem meeting Kay Qubad Shiraz
Persian Miniature Painting: Rustem meeting Kay Qubad Shiraz, 1560-70
Rustem meeting Kay Qubad Shiraz, 1560-70
Illustration from the Shahnameh
Shiraz, 1560-70
Gouache heightened with gold and silver on paper, with Rustem meeting Kay Qubad on Mount Elburz, with musicians and servants before them, other onlookers in the background, warriors to the right, with four columns of text above and below within gold clouds decorated with flowers, verso with page of text, flaking, silver tarnished, mounted
Miniature 11 1/2 x 8 l/4in. (29 x 21cm.)
Rustem meeting Kay Qubad on Mount Elburz.
