Title: Textile Depicting a Scene from Nizami's Khamsa
Object type: Panel
Date: 16th–17th century
Artist:  Nizami 
Artist bio: present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja
Artist role: Author
Medium: Silk, metal wrapped thread; double-weave
Dimensions: Textile: 
            L. 25 3/4 in. (65.4 cm)
            W. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm)
Mount:
             H. 29 1/2  in. (74.9 cm)
             W. 18 in. (45.7 cm)
             D. 2 1/4  in. (5.7 cm)
            Wt. 8 lbs. (3.6 kg)
Classification: Textiles-Woven
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1946
Geography: Attributed to    Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Human Figures, term: Animals, term: Horses