'Bahram Gur Hunts the Onager', 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 13.3 cm), Codices, Even though this miniature has been damaged and pasted over, so that only the head of Bahram Gur - unsurpassed in his hunting prowess - is visible (at right), the depiction of the dead onager is so moving as to render this a great animal picture
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Bahram Gur Hunts, Onager, Folio, Shahnama, Book, Kings, ca, 1330–40, Attributed, Iran, Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, silver, paper, Page, 8 x 5 1/4, 20.3 13.3 cm, Codices, Even, miniature, damaged, pasted, head, Gur, unsurpassed, hunting prowess, visible, right, depiction, dead onager, moving, render, great animal, picture
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