Antique 18th Century Persian Islamic Safavid Cuerda Seca Pottery Tile Rostam Circa 1700

Important Antique 18th Century Persian Islamic Safavid Cuerda Seca Pottery Tile depicting the legendary Persian hero Rostam, circa 1700. The tile shows Rostam kneeling, wearing a tunic and a horned helmet, holding a scepter with deer-head finial, Rostam is kneeling under a garland festooned arch, with a falcon on a perch & a flowering urn. The background of the tile is cobalt blue with a lighter blue to the top & base, the tile is also decorated with hues of mustard, green, brown and pink. The tile is housed in a 19th century japanned wooden frame, condition is very good no damage or restoration, this rare Cuerda Seca tile is ready to hang on your wall. Rostam or Rustam was a legendary hero in Persian mythology, the son of Zāl and Rudaba, whose life and work was immortalized by the 10th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi in the Shahnameh, or Epic of Kings, which contains pre-Islamic Iranian folklore and history. However, the roots of the narrative date much earlier.     In the Shahn