Combat scenes from the Shah Nameh

1st in pair of original gouache paintings on manuscript pages; mounted warrior striking 2nd fleeing mounted warrior with ox-headed axe, infantrymen in background looking on from behind ridge. 1st in pair of original gouache paintings on manuscript pages; mounted warrior striking 2nd fleeing mounted warrior with ox-headed axe, infantrymen in background looking on from behind ridge. Small upright folio, matted; margins; worn. New York, Augustin Fries, 1958.

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Original record: Combat scenes from the Shah Nameh
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1780
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Subject(s): Combat in art
Epic literature, Persian
Gouaches (Paintings)
History
Illustrations
Iran
New York, Augustin
Persian literature
Soldiers in art
Type: still image

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