The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Siyavush Displays his Skill at Polo before Afrasiyab," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi|Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn (?) Husaini, known as al-Mausili|al-Hasan Qawam al-Daula wa'l-Din
- Date
- dated A.H. 741/1341 CE
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm) W. 11 15/16 in. (30.4 cm) Painting: H. 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm) W. 9 7/16 in. (24 cm) Text block: H. 11 5/16 in. (28.8 cm) W. 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 57.51.35
- Credit line
- Cora Timken Burnett Collection of Persian Miniatures and Other Persian Art Objects, Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus| |Iranian, ca. 1303–1357 Shiraz
Subjects and terms
- Horses
- Poetry
- Men
The Met object ID 451414. 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.