Rustam meets the challenge of Ashkabus, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Rustam meets the challenge of Ashkabus, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

c. 1590–1600

opaque watercolor and gold on paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The enemy ruler of China sits in a howdah on the back of a white elephant.

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