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"A Contest of Skill in Archery on Horseback", Folio from a Divan (Collected Works) of Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i

"A Contest of Skill in Archery on Horseback", Folio from a Divan (Collected Works) of Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i by Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i|Qasim 'Ali of Shiraz

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Painting: H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm) W. 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm) Page: H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm) W. 7 in. (17.8 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Classification

Codices

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913

Accession Number

13.228.21.3

Tags

MenHorses

About the Artist

Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i|Qasim 'Ali of Shiraz ( ) · 1416 1526

present-day Afghanistan, Herat 1441–1501 Herat

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