The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Rustam Battles Sava", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- 15th century
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: H. 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm) W. 3 in. (7.6 cm) Dimensions of painting: H. 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm) W. 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 1975.192.13
- Credit line
- Gift of Richard Ettinghausen, 1975
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Horses
- Battles
- Soldiers
- Elephants
The Met object ID 452754. 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.