An Illustrated and Illuminated leaf from a manuscirpt of Firdausi's Shahnama: Khosrow and Bahram conversing before the battle, attributable to Mu'in Musavvir, Persia, Safavid, 17th century

Ink and gouache heightened with gold on paper, 17 lines to the page, written in small Nasta'liq script in black ink above and below the painting in 4 columns separated by double intercolumnar rules in gold, margins ruled in colours and gold, miniature depicting horsemen within a landscape, reverse with 27 lines of black Nastaliq script with a heading in red ink, collection label no. '127' beneath the text 

In good overall condition, some light creasing, some minor areas of rubbing to the painting and text to the middle left below the miniature, as viewed.
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