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"tombstone": "Persian Couplets (recto), Calligraphy, Persian Verses; Single Page Manuscript, late 1500s\u2013early 1600s. Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722). Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper; overall: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.); text area: 21 x 12.4 cm (8 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.494.a",
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"description": " The Arts of Persia and Mohammedan India. Pasadena Art Institute, Pasadena, CA (September 28-November 21, 1949).",
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"description": "The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran. Petit Palais, Mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (organizer) (October 19, 1961-January 31, 1962); Villa H\u00fcgel, Essen, Germany (February 16-April 24, 1962); Kunsthaus Z\u00fcrich, CH-8024 Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland (May 17-July 22, 1962); Gemeentemuseum den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands (September 4-November 18, 1962); MAK, the \u00d6sterreichisches Museum f\u00fcr angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst, Vienna, Austria (January 16-March 31, 1963).",
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"description": "Under Shah Abbas, the tradition in which painting was employed to illustrate a literary work was all but abandoned. In its place came a new concern with single-page illustrations, such as this one, which have no specific content or meaning. They often illustrate albums of collections of verses about love and beauty, in which these themes often appear to serve as allegories of things divine.",
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"citation": "Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.",
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