id:			124166
accession number:	1945.169.a
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Shamsa (recto) from right folio from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), c. 1444. Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501). Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; image: 27.7 x 10.3 cm (10 7/8 x 4 1/16 in.); overall: 32.5 x 22.1 cm (12 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1945.169.a

title:				Shamsa (recto) from right folio from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
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creation date:			c. 1444
creation date earliest:		1439
creation date latest:		1449
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501)
technique:	opaque watercolor and gold on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
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CREATORS

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measurements: Image: 27.7 x 10.3 cm (10 7/8 x 4 1/16 in.); Overall: 32.5 x 22.1 cm (12 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Yā kabīkaj
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Persian Miniature Manuscripts
	opening date:   1977-08-13T04:00:00
	<i>Persian Miniature Manuscripts</i>. The Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (August 13-September 11, 1977).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Exhibition of Muhammedan Art [Die Ausstellung Von Meisterwerken der Muhammadanischen Kunst in Munchen]</em>. Munich, Germany (1910).

* Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (1935). [lent by Minassian] (both folios?)

* <em>Exhibition of Islamic Art</em>. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA (February 24-March 22, 1937).

* <em>Exhibition of Persian Art. </em>The Iranian Institute, New York, NY (1940).

* <em>Exhibition of Islamic Art</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1944).

* <em>Mostra d'Arte Iranica</em> [<em>Exhibition of Iranian art</em>]. Instituto Italiano Per Il Medio Ed Estremo Oriente, Rome (June-August 1956).

* <em>7000 Ans d'art en Iran</em>. Petit Palais, Paris (October-November 1961).

* <em>Muslim Miniature Paintings from American Collections</em>. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy; Asia House, New York, NY (September 1962-February 1963).

* <em>Juxtapositions</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

* <em>Imperial Images in Persian Painting</em>. The Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (August 13-September 11, 1977).

* <em>The Twain Shall Meet</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).

* <em>Order and Rhythm: Carpets from the Islamic World</em>. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 10-November 7, 1993<em>).</em>

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PROVENANCE

	Philipp Walter Schulz [1864-1920], Leipzig, Germany
	date: by 1914
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	(Mrs. Kirkor [Antoinette P. Clark] Minassian [1874-1961], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: before 1935-1945
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1945-
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		133448
	Royal Reception in a Landscape, left folio from the double frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 940–1019 or 1025), 1444. Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501). Opaque watercolor, ink, gold, and silver on paper; overall: 32.7 x 22 cm (12 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.); image: 26.1 x 20.7 cm (10 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1956.10.a
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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: cat. no. 722
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n132

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 228-229
	url:		

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