Rostam Among the Herds
5x7" / Unframed Print
$32.49
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Rostam Among the Herds
$32.49
Materials
Fine Art Prints
Premium archival matte fine art paper, 200–230 gsm. Smooth, bright white surface with an instant-dry coating that resists fingerprints and smudging. Printed with archival inks for accurate color and high-contrast reproduction. FSC-certified sustainable paper.
Framed Prints
Solid wood frame, roughly 0.875″ wide, available in light, black, or white. Protected by shatterproof optical-grade acrylic — lighter and safer than glass, and it ships without risk of breakage. Dry-mounted to foam core with a kraft paper dust cover and hanging wire installed, ready to hang out of the box.
Production
Every piece is made to order. Nothing sits in a warehouse — your print is produced after you order it, at the facility closest to your address. That means it reaches you faster, travels less distance, and arrives with a smaller carbon footprint than something shipped from a single central location.
A Persian miniature in the Safavid manner, painted on a gold-dusted ground. Rostam stands at the lower left in a tiger-skin coat and mail, a coiled lasso in his hand, watching the horses of Zabulistan driven past him by grooms in orange and green. Almond blossom breaks over rose and lilac rocks along the top of the page, and one horse in the middle of the herd is saffron-orange and unmistakable.
- Rostam in the babr-e bayan, the tiger-skin coat, with mail sleeves and a gold helm
- A coiled rope lasso held ready at his side
- Fifteen horses in bay, dapple grey, skewbald and chestnut, crossing the page at a trot
- Grooms in turbans and bright robes at the left and right edges
- Stylized rock formations in rose, lilac and jade against gold, with blossom and spring flowers
Zal has told his son to find a horse that can carry him. Rostam tests each animal in the herd by pressing his hand down on its back, and every one of them buckles — until the saffron colt. Ferdowsi describes Rakhsh's coat as rose petals scattered over saffron, which is why the painter gives him a colour no real horse has. The name means lightning.
Perfect for
- Living rooms and studies that can carry a densely detailed piece
- Collectors of Persian miniature painting
- Horse lovers and readers of epic
- Nowruz and milestone gifts