Persian Verses: The Fortieth Year of King Kisra Nushirwan's Reign and the Story of Buzurgmihr (recto); Portrait of Nushirwan the Just (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
Iran, Tabriz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353) · 1330–35
opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper