id: 124013
accession number: 1944.499
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Khusrau Surprising Shirin While Bathing, 1550–99. Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501-1722). Silk: velvet, pile-warp substitution; mounted: 44.5 x 26.7 cm (17 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.499
title: Khusrau Surprising Shirin While Bathing
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creation date: 1550–99
creation date earliest: 1550
creation date latest: 1599
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501-1722)
technique: Silk: velvet, pile-warp substitution
department: Textiles
collection: T - Islamic
type: Velvet
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CREATORS
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measurements: Mounted: 44.5 x 26.7 cm (17 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Islamic Art
opening date: 1944-11-03T04:00:00
Islamic Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1944-February 2, 1945).
title: Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation)
opening date: 2018-10-30T04:00:00
Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 2018-October 28, 2019).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Woven Treasures of Persian Art. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (April 1-May 23, 1959).', 'opening_date': '1959-04-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Purchased from the Dikran G. Kelekian Collection using income from the J.H. Wade Fund
date: ?-1944
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1944-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Bier, Carol. Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart: Textile Arts of Safavid and Qajar Iran, 16. - 19. Centuries. 1987.
page number: 190-191 and 65
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Underhill, Gertrude. "Fragments of a Khusraw and Shirin Velvet." CMA Bulletin 32 (June 1945): 95-97.
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Kendrick, F.A. "Persian Stuffs with Figural Subjects." Burlington Magazine 37 (Nov. 1920): 237.
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Kendrick, A. F., and T. W. Arnold. "Persian Stuffs with Figure-Subjects-I." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 37, no. 212 (1920): 237-45.
page number: p. 237
url: www.jstor.org/stable/861122
Underhill, Gertrude. "Fragments of a Khusraw and Shīrīn Velvet." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 32, no. 6 (1945): 95-99.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 95-97
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25141215
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 735
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n133
Woven Treasures of Persian Art; Persian Textiles from the 6th to the 19th Century. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum, 1959.
page number: Mentioned: p. 38, cat nos. 68 and 69
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 216
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n240
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 216
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n240
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 276
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n296
Bier, Carol. Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart: Textile Arts of Safavid and Qajar Iran, 16th-19th Centuries. Washington, D.C.: Textile Museum, 1987.
page number: 109-91 and 65
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Phillips, Amanda. Sea Change: Ottoman Textiles between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. 2021.
page number: p. 116, fig. 3.13
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