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‘Typical of Tabriz is [Sultan Muhammed’s]* “Golden Age of Gayumars”** depicted against a fantastically rich background of luxuriant vegetation and brilliant rocky peaks among which the wild animals move in harmony with the fur-clad men, thus corresponding to the near-contemporary reference by Dust Muhammed (1544[ce]) to the skill of Sultan Muhammed in drawing “people clothed in leopard skins, such that the hearts of the boldest of painters were dismayed”. This whole enterprise implies the organisation of a large workshop of highly qualified masters.

‘In general human figures now dominate the landscape, with their graceful forms and subtle relationships.’

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**(a book illustration)

{c[irca]1544[ce]}

*** – ibid [Encyclopaedia of Visual Arts 3:] 459

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