Firdausi; Abu-Casim; Persian poet; 940-1020.Works: Schahname (Book of the Kings; completed in 1014; Persian National Pos; history of Iran from the mythical beginnings to the conquest by the Arabs 651 AD).- Two riders are fighting against each other with rope loops. -Islamic Miniature; Persia; Isfahan; 17th Century.Single sheet from a resolved manuscript of the Schahname.Gouache and gold on paper; 18.5 x 14.5 cm.Kunsthandel London; Sotheby's; 13./14. October; 1992; Lot 562.