The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Fifth Joust, The Death of Simurgh by the Hands of Isfandiyar," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

Date

16th century

Medium

Ink, gold and metallic paint, and watercolor on paper

Dimensions

H. 13 in. (33 cm) W. 9 in. (22.9 cm)

Object type

Folio from a non-illustrated manuscript

Classification

Codices

Country

Iran

Object number

2015.796.54

Credit line

Bequest of Carolyn Kane, 2015

The Met object ID 699516. 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.