An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: Rustam and the Mad Elephant, Persia, Safavid, Qazvin or Mashhad, 988 AH/1580 AD

gouache heightened with gold on polished paper, 6 lines of text in black nasta'liq script within 4 columns, reverse with 23 lines of text and 4 lines written diagonally in the margin, with a larger heading in gold

In generally good overall condition, some areas of retouching, slightly cropped, paper repairs to lower edge, thumbed, some spotting and stains, as viewed.
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As with the previous lot, the present painting can be attributed to 'artist A', and would originally have been folio 59b.