The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

A Gathering of Mythical Creatures around a Lotus Leaf

Mu'in Musavvir

Date

dated Shawwal A.H. 1088/1677 CE

Medium

Watercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions

Folio: H. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm) W. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm) Drawing: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm) W. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)

Object type

Illustrated single work

Classification

Codices

Country

Iran

Object number

2016.715

Credit line

Gift of William and James Morton, in memory of their brother, Sandy Morton, Persian scholar and collector, 2016

The Met object ID 724722. 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.