The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Zahhak Brought as a Prisoner before Faridun", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

Date

last quarter 15th century

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper

Dimensions

H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm) W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)

Object type

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

Classification

Codices

Country

Iran

Object number

1975.192.23

Credit line

Gift of Richard Ettinghausen, 1975

The Met object ID 452764. 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.