'Isfandiyar's Fourth Course: He Slays a Sorceress', Folio 435v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1525–30, Made in Iran, Tabriz, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm), Codices, Painting attributed to Qasim ibn 'Ali (active ca. 1525–60), The hero Isfandiyar performs a series of feats, or 'courses,' parallel to those of Rustam. In this scene, Isfandiyar has slain a sorceress, who lies bleeding in the foreground next to a mountain stream whose once-silver water has tarnished to black
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Isfandiyar, Fourth Course, Slays, Sorceress, Folio 435v, Shahnama, Book, Kings, Shah Tahmasp, ca, 1525–30, Iran, Tabriz, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, gold, paper, Painting, H, 7 3/16, 18.3 cm, Codices, Painting attributed to Qasim ibn 'Ali, active ca., 1525–60, hero, performs, series, feats, courses, parallel, Rustam, scene, slain, sorceress, lies bleeding, foreground next, mountain stream, silver water, tarnished, black
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