The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Design for the Water Clock of the Peacocks", from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) by Badi' al-Zaman b. al Razzaz al-Jazari
Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari
- Date
- dated A.H. 715/ 1315 CE
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H. 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm) W. 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- probably Syria or Iraq
- Object number
- 55.121.15
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1955
Artist information
Northern Mesopotamia 1136–1206 Northern Mesopotamia
Subjects and terms
- Arabic
- Peacocks
- Clocks
The Met object ID 451302. 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.