Title: "Meeting of Bahram Gur with a Princess", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: mid-16th century
Artist:  Abu'l Qasim Firdausi 
Artist bio: Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Author
Medium: Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Page: Ht. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
            W. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm)
Painting: Ht. 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm)
                 W. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1938
Geography: Attributed to    Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Human Figures, term: Poetry, term: Horses