The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Bahram Gur Exhibiting his Prowess in Wrestling at the Court of Shangul, King of India", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1300–30
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Text block: H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm) W. 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm) Painting: H. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran or Iraq
- Object number
- 34.24.6
- Credit line
- Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1934
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Wrestling
- Kings
- Men
The Met object ID 449005. 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.