'Saz'-Style Drawing of a Dragon Amid Foliage, by Shah Quli, ca. 1540–50
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'Saz'-Style Drawing of a Dragon Amid Foliage

Shah Quli (Turkish, born Tabriz, Iran, active ca. mid-16th century)

ca. 1540–50

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Classification
Codices
Dimensions
Painting: H. 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm) W. 10 11/16in. (27.2cm) Mat: H. 16 in. (40.6 cm) W. 22 in. (55.9 cm) Frame : H. 17 in. (43.2 cm) W. 23 in. (58.4 cm)
Culture
Turkey
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Islamic Art
Credit line
Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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