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

Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)
Calligrapher: Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn (?) Husaini, known as al-Mausili
Patron: Commissioned by al-Hasan Qawam al-Daula wa'l-Din (ca. 1303–57)
Object Name: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: A.H. 741/A.D. 1341
Geography: Made in Iran, Shiraz
Medium: Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper
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)
Accession Number: 36.113.3
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title of Work: Shahnama (1341)
Manuscript: 29.160.21-22, 36.113.1-3, 57.51.35-36
Accession Number: 36.113.3
Chapter 43 - Khusrau Parviz (38 years)
Scene: Gustaham in conversation with the weeping talisman
Dimensions (h x w): 86 x 232 mm
Format: Rectangular within borders
Hijri Date: 741
Gregorian Date: 1341 (circa)
School: Shiraz
Source: Shahnama Project