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"Rakhsh Kills a Lion while Rustam is Asleep", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
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"Rakhsh Kills a Lion while Rustam is Asleep", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · ca. 1300–30 · Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper

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Credit line"Rakhsh Kills a Lion while Rustam is Asleep", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi. ca. 1300–30. Abu'l Qasim Firdausi. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1969. CC0.
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