Title: "Kai Kavus Attempts to Fly to Heaven", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: mid-15th century
Artist:  Abu'l Qasim Firdausi 
Artist bio: Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Author
Medium: Image: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Margins: Ink and gold on dyed paper
Dimensions: H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
W. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: The Grinnell Collection, Bequest of William Milne Grinnell, 1920
Geography: Attributed to    India      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Men