Painting of Zumurrud Shah (Painting of Zumurrud Sháh)

The downfall of Zumurrud Shah; single-page painting mounted on detached album folio. A-side: from the Hamzanama. The gigantic Zumurrud tumbles to his death from a tower, surrounded by a crown of people and a bloody elephant. A-side: Opaque watercolour on cloth (cotton). B-side: Ink on paper.

Kind

artefact

Date

1564–1579 CE