"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
1305
Folio from an illustrated manuscript in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Islamic Art). Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper. Digitised image of the artefact itself; dated to the object, ca. 1330–40.
Source: metmuseum.org
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