Title: " A Lion", Folio from a Dispersed Nuzhatnama-i ‘Ala’i of Shahmardan ibn Abi’l Khayr
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: early 17th century
Artist:  Shamardan ibn Abi 'l Khayr 
Artist bio: Iranian, active late 11th–early 12th century
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Author
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Page: H. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
           W. 4 1/8in. (10.5cm)
Mat: H. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
        W. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
Frame: H. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)
             W. 21 3/4 in. (55.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Geography: Attributed to possibly Qazvin   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Lions, term: Plants