"The King of the Hares in Counsel with his Subjects", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
Unknown Artist
second quarter 16th century
Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Overall: H. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm) W. 8 7/8 in. (22.6 cm) Average text size: H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm) W. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Classification
Codices
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1981
Accession Number
1981.373.66
Tags
Art Historical Context
This enchanting folio, titled *"The King of the H in Counsel with his Subjects"*, comes from a 16th-century manuscript of *Kalila wa Dim*, a renowned collection of animal fables originating from ancient Indian tales like the *Panchatantra*. into Persian during the Islamic Golden Age, these stories were lavishly illustrated in codices across the Persianate world, offering moral lessons through anthropomorphic animals. Created in the second quarter of the 16th by an unknown artist, this page measures about 12½ by 8⅞ inches, blending Persian text with vivid imagery in ink outlines and opaque wate...