Single Leaf of a Mounted Figure Attacked by a Lion

mid 10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)

22 cm 32.5 cm

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The image of a man on a horse fighting a lion evokes descriptions of heroic acts in Persian literature, which was read and recited aloud. Inscriptions at the bottom of the page name the royal artists Kamal al-Din Bihzad (died 1536–37) and Siyavush (died ca. 1616), an enslaved...

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Kelekian Estate, 1952, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1952, by purchase.
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