The Tale of the Twelve Faces. "Bizhan Addresses the Army": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (recto); The Tale of the Twelve Faces. "The Warriors Engage in Combat": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (verso)
1341
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
The Tale of the Twelve Faces. "Bizhan Addresses the Army": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (recto); The Tale of the Twelve Faces. "The Warriors Engage in Combat": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (verso), 1341. Iran, Shiraz, Inju (Il-Khanid), 14th Century. Opaque watercolor and ink on paper; sheet: 36.3 x 30 cm (14 5/16 x 11 13/16 in.); image: 28.6 x 24.5 cm (11 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.); overall: 37 x 30 cm (14 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.); text area: 29 x 24.5 cm (11 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.479 The combat scene is enclosed within a step-shaped frame.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor and ink on paper
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, ink, paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 36.3 x 30 cm (14 5/16 x 11 13/16 in.); Image: 28.6 x 24.5 cm (11 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.); Overall: 37 x 30 cm (14 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.); Text area: 29 x 24.5 cm (11 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Script: Naskh
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1944.479
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Islamic Art, Persian Miniature Manuscripts, <em>International Exhibition of Persian</em> <em>Art</em>. Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (January 7-February 28, 1931)., Vienna Library (1935)., <em>Islamic Art Exhibition</em>. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (April 9-May 17, 1959)., <em>Imperial Images in Islamic Painting</em>. The Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (August 13-September 11, 1977.)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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