The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Kai Kavus Attempts to Fly to Heaven", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

Date

mid-15th century

Medium

Image: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Margins: Ink and gold on dyed paper

Dimensions

H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) W. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)

Object type

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

Classification

Codices

Country

India

Object number

20.120.239

Credit line

The Grinnell Collection, Bequest of William Milne Grinnell, 1920

The Met object ID 447298. 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.