“Rakhsh Kills a Lion while Rustam is Asleep”, Folio…

“Rakhsh Kills a Lion while Rustam is Asleep”, Folio…

“Rakhsh Kills a Lion while Rustam is Asleep”, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi by Abu’l Qasim Firdausi, Islamic Art

Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper

Rogers Fund, 1969

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/452049