'Rustam Avenges his Own Impending Death', 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, Rustam's half-brother Shaghad dug a pit, filled it with sharp spikes, and covered it to trap the hero. Observing from behind a tree and exulting when Rustam and his horse fall into the pit and are impaled, Shaghad is killed by the dying hero's last arrow, which is shot with such strength that it pierces the tree
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Rustam Avenges, Own Impending Death, 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, Rustam, half-brother Shaghad dug, pit, filled, sharp spikes, covered, trap, hero, Observing, tree, exulting, horse fall, impaled, Shaghad, killed, dying hero, last arrow, shot, strength, pierces
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