"The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1525
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"The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Author Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus)

Painting attributed to Sultan Muhammad

ca. 1525

Medium
Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Classification
Codices
Dimensions
Painting: H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) W. 9 1/16 in. (23 cm) Page: H. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm) W.12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm) Mat: H. 22 in. (55.9 cm) W. 16 in. (40.6 cm)
Culture
Iran
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Islamic Art
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970
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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