Illuminated page from an epic tale
Ink, polychrome pigments and gold on paper
Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 17th century
32.3 x 19.3 cm (page view)
The text is written in nasta'liq in black ink in four columns of twenty-five lines per page, with titles in red in cartouches, and on the recto a painted scene depicting a king on his throne, receiving a prisoner.
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