The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Buzurjmihr Masters the Game of Chess", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

Date

ca. 1330–40

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper

Dimensions

Entire Page: H. 8 1/16 (20.5 cm) W. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) Painting: H. 3 1/8 in. (8 cm) W. 4 in. (10.2 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) Frame: H. 22 in. (55.9 cm) W. 17 in. (43.2 cm)

Object type

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

Classification

Codices

Country

Iran

Object number

1974.290.39

Credit line

Bequest of Monroe C. Gutman, 1974

The Met object ID 452664. 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.