oct 20, 1335 - Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama
Description:
1330-1340 CEInk and opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
Islamic; Persian
Origins of storytelling and illustrated manuscripts among the Mongols. Because of their nomadic nature, artworks tended to be small and portable. The developed a tradition of storytelling..
Book illustration thrived during the Ilkhanid period.
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Date:
oct 20, 1335
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~ 690 years ago