"Rudaba Makes a Ladder of Her Tresses", Folio 72v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Qadimi|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525 · Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper · Islamic Art
One of Rudaba's maids sneaks Zal through the palace to the princess's pavilion. Although Rudaba lowers her tresses for him to scale the wall, Zal tosses up his lasso to catch the crenellation at the roof, then climbs up to meet his beloved.
- Artist
- Qadimi|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
- Date
- ca. 1525
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970
