id:			124013
accession number:	1944.499
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.499
updated:		2019-11-18 10:16:04.586000

Khusrau Surprising Shirin While Bathing, 1550-99. Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501-1722). Silk: velvet, pile-warp substitution; average: 19 x 15 cm (7 1/2 x 5 7/8 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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measurements: Average: 19 x 15 cm (7 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Islamic Art
	opening date:   1944-11-03T04:00:00
	<i>Islamic Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1944-February 2, 1945).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Los Angeles County Museum, "Woven Treasures of Persian Art" [April 1-May 23, 1959].<br><br>CMA, "Luxuriance, Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900" (Gallery 234), June 22, 2013 - June 23, 2014.

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased from the Dikran G. Kelekian Collection using income from the J.H. Wade Fund
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These velvet fragments depict an episode from the <em>Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami </em>(1141–1209), in which the lovers Khusrau and Shirin first see each other. A pre-Islamic king of Iran, Khusrau has fallen in love with Shirin after seeing her portrait and is traveling to meet her when he happens across her bathing in a stream. Not yet realizing that she is Shirin, Khusrau is transfixed by the woman’s beauty and covets both her and her magnificent black horse. The horse’s mane is just visible here, and she has placed her crown and tunic atop a branch.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 735
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n133

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 276
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n296

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