Title: "Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: ca. 1300–30
Artist:  Abu'l Qasim Firdausi 
Artist bio: Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Author
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
                W. 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm)
Text Block: H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
                    W. 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
        W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1925
Geography: Made in possibly Baghdad   Iraq      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Hunting, term: Boars, term: Horses