Title: Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Object type: Illustrated manuscript
Date: 1660s
Artist: Painting by Mu'in Musavvir 
Artist bio: Iranian, active 1630s–90s
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Dimensions: Painting (folio 158v): H. 9 15/16 in. (25.2 cm)
                                    W. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
Text block: H. 14 5/16 in. (36.4 cm)
                    W. 8 9/16 in. (21.7 cm)
Binding: H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
               W. 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
                D. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Bequest of Monroe C. Gutman, 1974
Geography: Attributed to probably Isfahan   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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