King Luhrasp Ascends the Throne: a Processon Arrives at Court (recto); the Story of King Luhrasp (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025)
Rectangular artwork with a green border decorated with gold spots and a gold and blue patterned background. The patterned background is made up of small blue shapes and larger diamond shapes. A gold border surrounds the green border. The artwork depicts a scene with a large group of people, mostly men, dressed in variously colored robes and headwear. Some are on horseback, and others are on foot. A man rides a horse in the center. The people are in front of an open gate with a pink and brown facade. A man sits on a throne-like chair on a balcony above the gate. A blue sky is in the background with white clouds and a tree with white blossoms on the right. There are five sections of text in a foreign language throughout the artwork.
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