“Rustam Avenges His Own Impending Death”, Folio 472r…

“Rustam Avenges His Own Impending Death”, Folio 472r…

“Rustam Avenges His Own Impending Death”, Folio 472r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp by Bashdan Qara, Islamic Art

Medium: Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper

Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/452165