"Sultan Listening to a Man Reading from a Manuscript", Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'i
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: Mir Ali Shir Nava'i
Artist bio: present-day Afghanistan, Herat 1441–1501 Herat
Artist role: Author
Date: early 16th century
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
W. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Geography: Attributed to Bukhara   present-day Uzbekistan  
Credit line: Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1940
Accession year: 1940
Tags: Men|Reading|Trees