
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Zal Questions Sam's Intentions Regarding the House of Mihrab", Folio 81v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
'Abd al-'Aziz|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1525–30
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: H. 11 in. (28 cm) W. 7 1/8 in. (18.2 cm) Entire Page: H. 18 9/16 in. (47.1 cm) W. 12 7/16 in. (31.6 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 1970.301.10
- Credit line
- Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970
Artist information
active first half 16th century|Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Tents
- Men
- Horses
The Met object ID 452119. 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.