# "Kharrad Recognizes the "Princess" as being an Automaton", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

- By: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)
- By: Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn (?) Husaini, known as al-Mausili
- By: Commissioned by al-Hasan Qawam al-Daula wa'l-Din
- Date: dated 741 AH/1341 CE
- Medium: Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper
- Classification: Codices
- Dimensions: Painting and Text Block: H. 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm) W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) Page: H. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) W. 11 1/2 in. (29.2) Mat : H. 22 in. (55.9 cm) W. 16 in. (40.6 cm)
- Culture: Iran
- Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/449108)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/is/web-large/DP215907.jpg
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