"Funeral Procession", Folio 35r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Creator Name

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi;
Farid al-Din `Attar

Cultural Context

Date

dated 892 AH/1486 CE

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

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Title

"Funeral Procession", Folio 35r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Creator

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi, Iranian, Mashhad 1453–1520 Mashhad, Calligrapher;
Farid al-Din `Attar, Author

Worktype

Codices

Cultural Context

Material

Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Painting: H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm) W. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) Page: H. 13 in. (33 cm) W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm);
height: 33.0201centimetre;
width: 21.59centimetre;
height: 24.8centimetre;
width: 14centimetre;
height: 48.8951centimetre;
width: 36.1951centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

dated 892 AH/1486 CE

Provenance

Fletcher Fund, 1963

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Herat, present-day Afghanistan

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Men; Funerals; Working

Topic

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