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"Allusion to Sura 27:16", Folio from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

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"Allusion to Sura 27:16", Folio from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Farid al-Din `Attar|Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi

Date
dated A.H. 892/1486 CE
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
H. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm) W. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Object type
Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Classification
Codices
Country
present-day Afghanistan
Object number
63.210.47
Credit line
Fletcher Fund, 1963
Gallery
455
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

Iranian, Nishapur ca. 1142–ca. 1220 Nishapur|Iranian, Mashhad 1453–1520 Mashhad

The Met object ID 451732. 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.