PROPERTY FROM THE ASBJORN LUNDE FOUNDATION AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A SHAHNAMA SERIES: ARDASHIR RECOGNIZES HIS SON SHAPUR AT A POLO GAMEMUGHAL, CIRCA 1600-30 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; laid on an album page with early 19th-century painted floral borders; verso with an 18th-century ornate floral study painted with opaque watercolor and gold on paper with gold-speckled indigo border; verso with ink nastaliq inscription in top margin, translated, "The album of Kahanya ( ghuniya ) La'l Pandit", and another illegible nastaliq inscription in bottom margin. Together with a late-16th century Persian miniature of Princes (possibly Bahram Gur) Hunting Deer. (2) Image: 9 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. (23.5 x 13.6 cm); Folio: 18 6/8 x 12 3/8 in.(47.2 x 31.4 cm) King Ardashir (r. 224-42), founder of the Sasanian Empire, observes a polo game flanked by his court officials. The artist captures the moment when Ardashir, impressed by a youth's ability and prowess, questions his identity and discovers him to be his own son Shapur, born and raised in secrecy. Provenance: Collection of Sir Edward Denison Ross (1871-1940) Property of a Lady Maggs Bros. Ltd., London, 21 March 1961 Collection of Asbjorn Lunde (1927-2017), New York