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Asia Week New York 2016:
Francesca Galloway

Khizr and Ilyas drink from the Well of Life while Iskandar roams the Mountainside, from Firdawsi's Shahnama, Iran, Shiraz, c. 1580–85
Ink, opaque watercolour, gold and silver on paper
Folio: 40 × 26 cm;
Painting: (including tree) 28.5 × 19.3 cm
By Parasuram, Udaipur, 1868-69
Opaque pigments and gold on paper
Painting 30 x 49 cm; With border 34.5 x 50 cm