Fig. 4 'Bahram Gur snatches the crown from between two lions'.
series: A page from a Shahnama manuscript. Baghdad c. 1300 [First Small Shahnama fol. 226r].
Watercolour and ink with gold and silver leaf on paper, 6⅜ x 4⅞ inches (16.19 x 12.38 cm).
(The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Purchase: Nelson Trust. 46-41.
Photograph by E.G. Schempf)
Source: The break-line verse: The link between text and image in the ‘First Small’ Shahnama by Farhad Mehran

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Bahram Gur Wins the Crown, a folio from a Small Mongol Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Series Title: Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Culture: Persian
Object Date: ca. 1340
Medium: Watercolor and ink with gold and silver leaf on paper
Dimensions: Image: 4 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches (12.07 x 5.72 cm) Sheet: 6 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches (16.21 x 12.37 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number: 46-41
Source: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City

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Kansas, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Title of Work: Shahnama (First Small)
Manuscript: 46-61
Chapter 34 - Yazdagird the Sinner (21 years)
Scene: Bahram Gur fights two lions to win the throne
English Title: Bahram Gur wins the crown by killing two lions
Format: Rectangular within borders
Gregorian Date: 1300 (circa)
School: Baghdad
Source: Shahnama Project