Rostam on the Road to Mazandaran
7x5" / Unframed Print
$32.49
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Rostam on the Road to Mazandaran
$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.
Rostam rides out into a valley under snow, drawn in the language of the Japanese woodblock landscape. He sits Rakhsh in scale armor and a red cloak, plume up, at the right edge of a wide composition; ahead of him two stone bridges cross a turquoise river, a small brick pavilion stands on the far bank, and rank on rank of white peaks close the distance.
- Rostam on the white stallion Rakhsh, the red cloak the only strong color in the picture
- Two arched stone bridges over a turquoise river, one with a lone figure standing on it
- A brick pavilion set into the snow on the left bank
- Snow peaks receding in soft graded washes, in the manner of shin-hanga rather than Edo ukiyo-e
- A cool palette of white, slate, teal and sage under a pale coral sky
This is the beginning of the Haft Khan, the seven labours Rostam passes on the way to Mazandaran. The horse gets the first one to himself: Rostam sleeps in a reed bed and Rakhsh kills a lion over him without waking him. Where Ferdowsi's Mazandaran actually is has never been settled — it reads as a country of demons rather than the Caspian province that carries the name today.
Perfect for
- Living rooms and bedrooms wanting a calm, wide landscape
- Collectors of Japanese woodblock prints
- Readers of the Shahnameh and of epic
- Housewarming and literature-lover gifts