The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Pair of Serpents", Folio from a Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'
Ibn Bakhtishu'
- Date
- 1297–99
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H. 9 in. (22.9 cm) W. 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 55.121.41
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1955
- Gallery
- 455
Artist information
died 1058
Subjects and terms
- Serpents
The Met object ID 451322. 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.