19TH CENTURY PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT MINIATURE PAINTING WITH CALLIGRAPHIC TEXT – EQUESTRIAN BATTLE SCENE

PERSIAN / ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT MINIATURE PAINTING FROM A HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT, DEPICTING THREE HORSEMEN ENGAGED IN A DYNAMIC EQUESTRIAN COMBAT SCENE. EACH RIDER IS SHOWN BRANDISHING A SPEAR WHILE GALLOPING ACROSS A STYLIZED LANDSCAPE FILLED WITH DECORATIVE FLORAL MOTIFS. THE FIGURES WEAR TRADITIONAL TURBANS AND PERIOD GARMENTS, RENDERED IN VIBRANT MINERAL PIGMENTS WITH FINE BRUSHWORK CHARACTERISTIC OF LATE PERSIAN MINIATURE TRADITIONS.

THE PAINTING IS FRAMED WITHIN HANDWRITTEN PERSIAN CALLIGRAPHY PANELS ABOVE AND BELOW THE IMAGE, INDICATING ITS ORIGIN FROM AN ILLUSTRATED LITERARY OR HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT. THE COMPOSITION REFLECTS THE CLASSIC PERSIAN MINIATURE STYLE WITH FLAT PERSPECTIVE, DELICATE LINEWORK, AND ORNAMENTAL LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS.

PROBABLY IRAN OR CENTRAL ASIA, 19TH CENTURY.

SIZE: 12 X 8 INCHES