The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Kai Khusrau Crosses the Sea", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1610
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: H. 8 in. (20.3 cm) W. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) Painting: H. 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm) W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- India
- Object number
- 1982.476.3
- Credit line
- Gift of Wendy Findlay, 1982
Artist information
Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Subjects and terms
- Men
- Ships
- Fish
The Met object ID 453193. 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.