Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi, Painting by Mu'in Musavvir, 1660s

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Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi, 1660s, Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, Painting (folio 158v): H. 9 15/16 in. ( cm), Codices, Painting by Mu'in Musavvir (active ca. 1630–97), Fol. 158v: The Div Akvan carries Rustam to the Sea On a quest to find a div (demon) that had been killing the shah’s herds, Rustam grew tired and went to sleep in a meadow. The div, Akvan, spied him and lifted him with the mound of earth on which he lay

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