'The Combat of Rustam and Kafur', 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 1/16 x 5 1/8 in. (20.4 x 13 cm), Codices, Only the indomitable Iranian hero Rustam could outdo an enemy chief whose armor was magically impenetrable. In this very dynamic battle scene the artist has mistakenly provided Kafur (a foreign king who supposedly fed only on the human flesh of growing youths) with a mace-and an ox-headed one at that
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Combat, Rustam, Kafur, Folio, Shahnama, Book, Kings, ca, 1330–40, Attributed, Iran, Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, silver, paper, Page, 8 1/16 x 5 1/8, 20.4 13 cm, Codices, indomitable Iranian hero, outdo, enemy chief, armor, magically impenetrable, dynamic battle, scene, artist, mistakenly provided, foreign king, supposedly fed, human flesh, growing youths, mace, ox-headed
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