A Large Illustrated and Illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama: The armies of Shida son of Piran and Kay Khusraw meet in Khwarazm desert, Shiraz school, Persia, Safavid, 16th century

Ink and gouache heightened with gold on paper, 5 lines to the page written in small Nasta'liq script in black ink within 4 columns separated by double intercolumnar rules in colours and gold, margins ruled in colours and gold, painting depicting soldiers and horsemen meeting on a hillside, reverse with 25 lines of text and a heading in white within a panel of blue and gold ground floral cartouches

In fairly good overall condition, some creasing and a paper repair to the right hand leaf edge, top 2 inches of the leaf have been folded back, some patches of rubbing, colours bright, as viewed.
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