"The Anecdote of the Man Who Fell into the Water", Folio 44r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: Farid al-Din `Attar|Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
Artist bio: Iranian, Nishapur ca. 1142–ca. 1220 Nishapur|Iranian, Mashhad 1453–1520 Mashhad
Artist role: Author|Calligrapher
Artist nationality: Iranian|Iranian
Date: dated A.H. 892/1487 CE
Medium: Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
                W.  5 1/8in. (13cm)
Page: H. 13 in. (33 cm)
          W. 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
        W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Classification: Codices
Geography: Made in Herat   present-day Afghanistan  
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1963
Accession year: 1963
Tags: Donkeys|Men