An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Bahram Gur in combat with two lions in order to gain the throne
gouache and gold on paper, 16 lines to the page above and below the painting written in nasta'liq in black ink in 4 columns on gold-sprinkled paper, inner margins ruled in gold and blue, verso with 25 lines to the page, laid down within later floral illuminated margins, the name 'Mirza Ghulam' discernible in the lower margin
An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Bahram Gur in combat with two lions in order to gain the throne
gouache and gold on paper, 16 lines to the page above and below the painting written in nasta'liq in black ink in 4 columns on gold-sprinkled paper, inner margins ruled in gold and blue, verso with 25 lines to the page, laid down within later floral illuminated margins, the name 'Mirza Ghulam' discernible in the lower margin
