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"Rustam Slays Esfandiyar", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
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"Rustam Slays Esfandiyar", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi · 1666–67 · Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper

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Credit line"Rustam Slays Esfandiyar", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings). 1666–67. Abu'l Qasim Firdausi. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Richard Ettinghausen, 1975. CC0.
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