Double-page spread with rostam killing the white div (left center); from ferdowsi, shahnameh, ascribed to kamal ud-din behzad in black ink, herat or tabriz, late 15th or early 16th century; and fragment of a chinese-style drawing of a bird, a butterfly, and flowers (left below); iran, turcoman style, late 15th century; and assemblage of five persian drawings in various stages of completion (right), probably herat or tabriz, ca. 1400–1450. From the bahram mirza album, safavid iran. Istanbul, topkapı palace museum library, ms. H. 2154, fols. 112a–111b. Date: 15th - 16th centuries.
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