"Gushtasp Kills the Wolf of Fasiqun", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)
Object Name: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: ca. 1300–30
Geography: Attributed to Northwestern Iran or Baghdad
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 5in. (16.5 x 12.7cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1969
Accession Number: 69.74.3
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title of Work: Shahnama (First Small)
Manuscript: 25.68.1, 34.24.1-6, 57.51.33, 69.74.1-9
Accession Number: 69.74.3
Chapter 14 - Luhrasp (120 years)
Scene: Gushtasp kills a wolf in Rum
English Title: karg
Format: Rectangular within borders
Reconstructed Folio: 157v
Gregorian Date: 1300 (circa)
School: Baghdad
Source: Shahnama Project