id:			106704
accession number:	1924.746
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.746
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:59.807000

Qur'an Manuscript Folio, 1500s. Afghanistan, Herat, Safavid period (1501–1722). Ink, gold, and colors on paper; sheet: 28 x 17.4 cm (11 x 6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1924.746

title:				Qur'an Manuscript Folio
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creation date:			1500s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1599
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Afghanistan, Herat, Safavid period (1501–1722)
technique:	ink, gold, and colors on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 28 x 17.4 cm (11 x 6 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main gallery rotation (gallery 116)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 16, 2015-December 19, 2016). (1924.746.1.b and 1924.746.2.a only)', 'opening_date': '2015-12-16T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Hagop Kevorkian [1872–1962], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1924
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1924-
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CITATIONS

	Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 23, p. 116; Reproduced: p. 40
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