The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Bahram Gur Hunting with Azada", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- dated A.H. 753/1352 CE
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm) W. 6 in. (15.2 cm) Page: H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm) W. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 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
- 57.51.32
- Credit line
- Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects, Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
- Gallery
- 455
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Camels
- Men
- Hunting
The Met object ID 451411. 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.