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Cleveland Museum of Art
Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar [Treasure of Secrets]
1555–65
opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art
King Nushirwan is on a white horse, while his minister Buzurjmihr is riding a mule.
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