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table top
(سطح طاولة)

Title	table top
Title Original	سطح طاولة
Publication Date:	Late 13th century and beginning of the 14th century AH / late 19th century AD
Publication Place	- National Museum of Art of Romania
Subject	Ceramic piece, painting/drawing under glass
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	القطر : 50 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	18776 / 2428
Record ID	object;EPM;rm;Mus21;34;ar
Library Location	National Museum of Art of Romania
Date	Late 13th century and beginning of the 14th century AH / late 19th century AD
Notes	Large circular tiles surrounded by a border of smaller tiles were used as table tops. They were often decorated with banquet scenes, which is a recurring theme in Persian art. Here the composition shows a section of Ferdowsi’s epic Shahnameh (Book of Kings), which is a punishment for Al-Dahhak: who was pursued and expelled far away by the Iranian King Jamshid. Al-Dahhak was sentenced to be a tyrant and imprisoned for a thousand years, but he was removed by Fereydun after a popular revolution led by the blacksmith Kawa. His life was saved, but he will be imprisoned in a cave in Mount Damavand, where he will remain until the end of the world. The scene shows Al-Dahhak's procession being led to his place of imprisonment. The tyrant rides a camel and appears in the upper left corner, and there are two snakes devouring a human brain that grow on his shoulders. To the left is Kawa in a green dress carrying a banner made of the skin of his loincloth with Arabic numbers written on it. To Kawa’s left is the young king Feridun riding a bull and carrying a bull-headed mace, the weapon with which he defeated Al-Dahhak. The magnificent procession is meticulously depicted in a complex scene: pyramidal proportions and diagonal formation are used here to give emphasis to the main characters and are accompanied by the rich, crowded retinue riding on elephants.
Sample Text	"Table Top" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;rm;Mus21;34;ar

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table top

(سطح طاولة)

Publication Date Late 13th century and beginning of the 14th century AH / late 19th century AD

Publication Place - National Museum of Art of Romania

Subject Ceramic piece, painting/drawing under glass

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions القطر : 50 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 18776 / 2428

Record ID object;EPM;rm;Mus21;34;ar

Library Location National Museum of Art of Romania

Date Late 13th century and beginning of the 14th century AH / late 19th century AD

Notes Large circular tiles surrounded by a border of smaller tiles were used as table tops. They were often decorated with banquet scenes, which is a recurring theme in Persian art. Here the composition shows a section of Ferdowsi’s epic Shahnameh (Book of Kings), which is a punishment for Al-Dahhak: who was pursued and expelled far away by the Iranian King Jamshid. Al-Dahhak was sentenced to be a tyrant and imprisoned for a thousand years, but he was removed by Fereydun after a popular revolution led by the blacksmith Kawa. His life was saved, but he will be imprisoned in a cave in Mount Damavand, where he will remain until the end of the world. The scene shows Al-Dahhak's procession being led to his place of imprisonment. The tyrant rides a camel and appears in the upper left corner, and there are two snakes devouring a human brain that grow on his shoulders. To the left is Kawa in a green dress carrying a banner made of the skin of his loincloth with Arabic numbers written on it. To Kawa’s left is the young king Feridun riding a bull and carrying a bull-headed mace, the weapon with which he defeated Al-Dahhak. The magnificent procession is meticulously depicted in a complex scene: pyramidal proportions and diagonal formation are used here to give emphasis to the main characters and are accompanied by the rich, crowded retinue riding on elephants.

Sample Text "Table Top" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;rm;Mus21;34;ar