id:			95059
accession number:	1915.597
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.597
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:10.428000

Bahram Gur and Azada, from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), 1500s. Iran, Tabriz or Qazvin, Safavid period (1501-1722). Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; sheet: 32.5 x 21.5 cm (12 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.); image: 17.4 x 11 cm (6 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.597

title:				Bahram Gur and Azada, from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025)
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creation date:			1500s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1599
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Iran, Tabriz or Qazvin, Safavid period (1501-1722)
technique:	opaque watercolor and gold on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 32.5 x 21.5 cm (12 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.); Image: 17.4 x 11 cm (6 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation)
	opening date:   2018-10-30T04:00:00
	<i>Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 2018-October 28, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Inaugural Catalogue, Gallery XII</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 6-September 20, 1916).', 'opening_date': '1916-06-06T00:00:00'}

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition June 6-September 20, 1916</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916.
	page number: 	cat. no. 77
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAInExhib_80860/page/n221/mode/2up

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