Title: Four illustrated folios from the ‘Eckstein’ Shahnamah of Firdawsi
Date: dated 29 dhu’l-Hijjah 991 (12 January 1584)
Location: Iran, Qazvin
Accession Number: MSS 1009
Script:
45 x 28.9 cm;
illustration on the recto:
Kay Khusraw crosses the Oxus
37.2 x 32.2 cm
illustration on the verso:
Gushtasp slays the dragon
34.8 x 23 cm
illustration on the verso:
Rustam slays his treacherous step-brother Shaghad
35 x 24.1 cm
illustration on the verso:
Adhar Barzin slays both the dragon and Bahman
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