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"Coffin of Imam 'Ali", Folio from a Falnama (The Book of Omens) of Ja'far al-Sadiq

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Coffin of Imam 'Ali", Folio from a Falnama (The Book of Omens) of Ja'far al-Sadiq

Maker not identified

Date
mid-1550s–early 1560s
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Painting: H. 22 5/16 in. (56.7 cm) W. 16 7/8 in. (42.8 cm) Mat : H. 28 in. (71.1 cm) W. 22 in. (55.9 cm) Frame: H. 30 1/2 in. (77.5 cm) W. 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm)
Object type
Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Classification
Codices
Country
Iran
Object number
50.23.2
Credit line
Purchase, Francis M. Weld Gift, 1950
Original Met record

Subjects and terms

  • Men
  • Camels
  • Hills

The Met object ID 451017. 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.