Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads
mid-1500s
Sahkulu
Sahkulu (Turkish)
Islamic Art
Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads, mid-1500s. Attributed to Sahkulu (Turkish). Ink, gold, opaque watercolors on paper; sheet: 17.3 x 40.2 cm (6 13/16 x 15 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.492 The lion head and phoenix head are part of the foliage, like fantastical blossoms.
- Maker/Artist
- Shahquli
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- ink, gold, opaque watercolors on paper
- Medium
- ink, gold, opaque, watercolors, paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 17.3 x 40.2 cm (6 13/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: A verse from the Qur'an, 40:44, is inscribed in the stamp: "And I commit my case unto God." Script: Naskh.
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1944.492
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Islamic Art, Exhibition of the Month: Components of Art: The Line, Persian Decorative Art, Muslim Miniature Paintings, Turkish Art: An Exhibition Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Turkish Republic, Turkische Kunst und Kultur aus osmanischer Zeit (Turkish Art and Culture of the Ottoman Period), Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, Islamic art rotation, <em>Islamic Gallery 116 rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 19–December 4, 2017).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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