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"Rustam Pleads for Tus Before Kai Khusrau," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

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Ink opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Rights: Public Domain
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett 1956
Title: "Rustam Pleads for Tus Before Kai Khusrau," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
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Ink opaque watercolor and gold on paper.

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