'Bahram Chubina Meets a Lady who Foretells his Fate', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1330–40, Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, Page: 8 x 5 1/4 in. (20.3 x 13.4 cm), Codices, Bahram Chubina, the commander-in-chief of the ungrateful king Hurmuzd, was led by magic to a hidden palace where a beautiful enthroned woman told him that the crown of Iran would be his. The interaction of the figures in this picture is characteristic of this manuscript, but their identity, except for those of the enthroned lady and her two guardians, are unclear
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