The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
'Saz'-Style Drawing of a Dragon Amid Foliage
Shah Quli
- Date
- ca. 1540–50
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm) W. 10 11/16in. (27.2cm) Mat: H. 16 in. (40.6 cm) W. 22 in. (55.9 cm) Frame : H. 17 in. (43.2 cm) W. 23 in. (58.4 cm)
- Object type
- Illustrated single work
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Turkey
- Object number
- 57.51.26
- Credit line
- Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
Artist information
Turkish, born Tabriz, Iran, active ca. mid-16th century
Subjects and terms
- Dragons
The Met object ID 451405. 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.