"Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
1340
Folio from an illustrated manuscript in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Islamic Art). Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. Digitised image of the artefact itself; dated to the object, dated 741 AH/1341 CE.
Source: metmuseum.org
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