Siyavush on His Horse Hitting a Rolling Target (recto) and Persian verses (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
Two pages from a book, one with an illustration and the other with text only. The illustrated page depicts a man on a black horse wearing orange and green clothing, holding a bow and arrow. He is about to shoot a rolling target on the ground; the target is round and brown. The man and horse are on a beige ground with green plants. There are three men in the background wearing white turbans and looking on. The background behind them is yellow. The pages have a beige background with black text written in a foreign language, possibly Arabic script, divided into columns. The text pages have gold accents at the bottom. The pages have a worn and aged appearance.
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