Tile with Rostam - Earthenware - Middle East - Qajar dynasty (1796–1925)

Important antique 19th-century Islamic Qajar cuerda seca pottery tile with the legendary hero Rostam.
The tile depicts Rostam kneeling, wearing a tunic and a horned helm, while he holds a scepter with a deer head, as Rostam kneels beneath a bow disrupted by a sling, with a falcon on a perch and a blooming urn. The background of the tile is cobalt blue with a lighter blue at the top and base, and the tile is also decorated with shades of mustard, green, brown and pink. The tile is in good condition, with note that there is a light defect in the glaze at the bottom left, otherwise crack-free and with a bright, beautiful glaze of high quality.

Rostam of Rustam was a legendary hero in mythology, the son of Zāl and Rudaba, whose life and deeds were immortalized by the 10th-century poet Ferdowsi in the Shahnameh, or Epic of Kings, which contains pre-Islamic folklore and history. The roots of the story, however, go back much further.
In the Shahnameh, Rostam and his predecessors, the Marzbans of Sistan (present-day Central Asia). Rostam is best known for his tragic battle with Esfandiyār, the other legendary hero; for his expedition to Mazandaran (not to be confused with the modern province of Mazandaran). He is also known for his tale of the Seven Labours.
Rostam has always been depicted as the most powerful paladin (holy warrior), and the atmosphere of the episodes in which he appears strongly evokes the Parthian Empire.
He rides the legendary stallion Rakhsh and wears a special suit called Babr-e Bayan in battles.