Preface (verso) from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025)
Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501) · c. 1444

opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501) · c. 1444

opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper