"Bahram Gur Slays the Rhino-Wolf", Folio 586r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

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Bahram Gur Slays the Rhino-Wolf', Folio 586r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1530–35, Made in Iran, Tabriz, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 11 1/4 in. ( cm), Codices, Painting attributed to 'Abd al-'Aziz (active first half 16th century), Shah Shangul asked Bahram to rid the world of a monstrous rhino wolf, which tore the hearts from lions and the skin from leopards. Bahram strung up his bow and sped toward the rhino wolf, pouring a mighty hail of arrows onto the beast

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