The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Bahram-e Chubineh Wears Women's Clothing and Spins Yarn", folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

Date

ca. 1480–90

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Folio: H. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm) W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm) Painting: H. 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm) W. 6 in. (15.2 cm)

Object type

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

Classification

Codices

Country

Iran

Object number

2018.278a, b

Credit line

Purchase, Friends of Islamic Art Gifts, 2018

The Met object ID 782089. 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.