The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

Date

ca. 1300–30

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Painting: H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm) W. 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm) Text Block: H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm) W. 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Object type

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

Classification

Codices

Country

Iraq

Object number

25.68.1

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1925

The Met object ID 447794. 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.