

Two small horsemen riding from left to right along a high rocky ridge at night, seen from far above, an immense lapis lazuli sky filling most of the composition scattered with gold stars and a thin gold crescent moon, stylised swirling clouds in white and gold, layered lobed mountains in rose ochre and pale violet, a single cypress tree, small flowering plants on the slopes, Persian miniature painting, Safavid Tabriz school, in the manner of the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, gouache and gold leaf on paper, vermilion and turquoise accents, flat even illumination with no cast shadows and no chiaroscuro, high elevated viewpoint with a tilted ground plane, fine delicate brushwork, small calm stylised figures with serene faces, ornamental islimi arabesque detail. No text, no calligraphy, no watermark.