Title: "Rustam rescues Bizhan from the Pit", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: 1560–80
Artist:  Abu'l Qasim Firdausi 
Artist bio: Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Author
Medium: Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Page: H. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm)
           W. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
Painting: H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
                 W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Joseph V. McMullan Gift, 1965
Geography: Attributed to    Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Women, term: Horses