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RUSTEM AND KHAQAN FROM CHINA, SAFAVID, PERSIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Miniature depicting the hero Rustem grabbing Khaqan of China with a lasso and knocking him down from his white elephant, as armies on both sides battle in a blue landscape with golden skies. Text of four column in black nastaliq script in clouded cartouches with a gold background above and below the miniature. 21.2 by 16 cm .
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RUSTEM AND KHAQAN FROM CHINA, SAFAVID, PERSIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY
