mar 26, 1525 - The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp’s Shahnama
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Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paperSultan Muhammad
King Gayumars was the first king of Persia, and he ruled at a time when people clothed themselves exclusively in leopard pelts, as both the text and the represented subjects’ speckled garments indicate.
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mar 26, 1525
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~ 500 years ago