The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
" A Lion", Folio from a Dispersed Nuzhatnama-i ‘Ala’i of Shahmardan ibn Abi’l Khayr
Shamardan ibn Abi 'l Khayr
- Date
- early 17th century
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: H. 3 in. (7.6 cm) W. 4 1/8in. (10.5cm) Mat: H. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) W. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) Frame: H. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm) W. 21 3/4 in. (55.2 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 13.160.8
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1913
Artist information
Iranian, active late 11th–early 12th century
Subjects and terms
- Plants
- Lions
The Met object ID 446295. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.