id:			124423
accession number:	1945.384
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.384
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:01.688000

Text Page, Persian Prose (recto); The Story of Adam peace upon him, his Sons and Progeny (verso), c. 1425. Afghanistan, Herat, Timurid period (1370–1501). Ink and opaque watercolor on paper; overall: 42 x 32 cm (16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.); text area: 34.5 x 22.7 cm (13 9/16 x 8 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1945.384

title:				Text Page, Persian Prose (recto); The Story of Adam peace upon him, his Sons and Progeny (verso)
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creation date:			c. 1425
creation date earliest:		1420
creation date latest:		1430
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Afghanistan, Herat, Timurid period (1370–1501)
technique:	ink and opaque watercolor on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Overall: 42 x 32 cm (16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.); Text area: 34.5 x 22.7 cm (13 9/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
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	inscription:	script:  Naskh
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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

* {'description': '<em>International Exhibition of Persian Art</em>. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (October-December 1926).', 'opening_date': '1926-10-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Hagop Kevorkian [1872–1962], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1945
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1945-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Binyon, L., Wilkinson, J.V.S., and Gray, B., Persian Miniature Painting (London, 1933), no. 28, p. 46, p.46, p.35.
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	Dimand, M.S., A Handbook of Muhammadan Art (New York, 1944), pp. 30-31.
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	Grube, E. Muslim Miniature Paintings from the XIII to XIX Centuries (Catalogue of the 1962 exhibition), pp. 51-53.
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