"Kai Kavus Falls from the Sky", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

Date

ca. 1330–40

Type

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper

Department

Islamic Art

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

1974.290.9

Credit

Bequest of Monroe C. Gutman, 1974