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"Oxen amongst Foliage", Folio from a Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Oxen amongst Foliage", 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
Painting: H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) W. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Object type
Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Classification
Codices
Country
Iran
Object number
57.51.31
Credit line
Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects, Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
Original Met record

Artist information

died 1058

Subjects and terms

  • Ox

The Met object ID 451410. 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.