Bidspirit auction | ISKANDER AND THE TALKING TREE,

ISKANDER AND THE TALKING TREE, PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY - Watercolor heightened with gold on paper, a leaf from a disbound manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama (Book of Kings), depicting Alexander the Great visiting a talking tree on the Island of Waqwaq. 10 by 16 cm. Including frame: 26 by 32 cm.