EPIC BATTLE SCENE FROM THE SHAHNAMEH (PERSIAN EPIC PRINT)

A POWERFUL 19TH-CENTURY PERSIAN PRINT DEPICTING A FEROCIOUS BATTLE EPISODE FROM THE SHAHNAMEH, FERDOWSI’S CELEBRATED EPIC OF KINGS AND HEROES. THE COMPOSITION IS FILLED WITH DRAMATIC ACTION, SHOWING ARMOURED WARRIORS ON HORSEBACK ENGAGED IN CLOSE COMBAT, FALLEN FIGURES SCATTERED ACROSS THE GROUND, AND ATTENDANT SOLDIERS FRAMING THE SCENE. DYNAMIC DIAGONALS, DENSE HATCHING, AND EXPRESSIVE GESTURES CONVEY A STRONG SENSE OF MOVEMENT AND CHAOS, WHILE DECORATIVE COSTUMES AND WEAPONS ANCHOR THE SCENE IN PERSIAN TRADITION. DERIVED FROM EARLIER MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATION MODELS AND PRODUCED AS A POPULAR PRINT IN THE 19TH CENTURY, THIS WORK EXEMPLIFIES THE VISUAL STORYTELLING AND HEROIC IDEALS CENTRAL TO THE SHAHNAMEH, MAKING IT A STRIKING AND COLLECTIBLE EXAMPLE OF PERSIAN EPIC IMAGERY.