An Episode from the Story of the Sasanian King Khusrau and His Beloved Shirin, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141–1209) (verso); Persian verses from a Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) of Jami (d. 1492) (recto)
1540–70
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
An Episode from the Story of the Sasanian King Khusrau and His Beloved Shirin, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141–1209) (verso); Persian verses from a Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) of Jami (d. 1492) (recto), 1540–70. Iran, probably Shiraz, Safavid period (1501-1722). Opaque watercolor, gold, silver, and ink on paper; double-sided; sheet: 29.6 x 16.2 cm (11 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.); image: 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1947.500 Khusrau’s turban has the anachronistic baton worn by Safavid royalty and the egret feather, an emblem of nobility instituted by the Mongols in the 1200s.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor, gold, silver, and ink on paper; double-sided
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, gold, silver, ink, paper, double-sided
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 29.6 x 16.2 cm (11 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.); Image: 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1947.500
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Islamic art rotation, Muhammad Shah's Royal Persian Tent, Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation), <em>Imperial Images in Persian Painting</em>. Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (August 13-September 11, 1977).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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