Title: "Rustam Shoots His Half-brother Shaghad through a Plane Tree", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: dated 887 AH/1482 CE
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: H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
W. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1940
Geography: Made in Shiraz   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Bow and Arrow, term: Men, term: Trees