An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting a prince with courtiers
gouache and gold on paper, 8 lines of text recto above and below painting, written in nasta'liq script in black ink in four columns, intercolumnar rules in gold, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, catchword, verso with 15 lines of text of which four lines are written diagonally, these flanked by stylised floral sprays, title in thuluth in gold against a spiralling floral scroll
An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting a prince with courtiers
gouache and gold on paper, 8 lines of text recto above and below painting, written in nasta'liq script in black ink in four columns, intercolumnar rules in gold, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, catchword, verso with 15 lines of text of which four lines are written diagonally, these flanked by stylised floral sprays, title in thuluth in gold against a spiralling floral scroll
