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"Rustam Captures Rakhsh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

"Rustam Captures Rakhsh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings). Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935-1020). Dimensions: 7.25 in. high 7.62 in. wide (18.4 cm high 19.4 cm wide). Date: mid-15th century. When he came of age, Zal promised his son, the hero Rustam, the pick of the wild horses that roamed Zabulistan and Kabulistan. Rustam chose a horse that was notoriously difficult to catch; for three years, it had resisted the attempts of the warriors who tried to tame him. Rustam, however, was able to capture the horse with his lasso and climb on its back.
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Title: "Rustam Captures Rakhsh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Caption: "Rustam Captures Rakhsh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings). Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935-1020). Dimensions: 7.25 in. high 7.62 in. wide (18.4 cm high 19.4 cm wide). Date: mid-15th century. When he came of age, Zal promised his son, the hero Rustam, the pick of the wild horses that roamed Zabulistan and Kabulistan. Rustam chose a horse that was notoriously difficult to catch; for three years, it had resisted the attempts of the warriors who tried to tame him. Rustam, however, was able to capture the horse with his lasso and climb on its back.
Technique/material: Main support: Ink, opaque watercolor, gold on paper
Margins: Ink and gold on dyed paper
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit: Album
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Image size: 3867 × 3995 px | 44.2 MB
Print size: 32.7 × 33.8 cm | 1522.4 × 1572.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ASIA • ATTRIBUTED TO INDIA • CODICES • DYEING • FOLIO FROM AN ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT • FOLIOS • GOLD • ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS • INDIA • INK • ISLAMIC ART • MAIN SUPPORT: INK, OPAQUE WATERCOLOR, GOLD ON PAPER
MARGINS: INK AND GOLD ON DYED PAPER • MANUSCRIPTS • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PAPER • WATERCOLORS