id: 124427 accession number: 1945.385.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.385.a updated: 2025-03-19 12:50:24.789000 Animals, Precious Stones, Coins, and Musical Instruments (recto) from a Mu'nis al-Ahrar fi Daqa'iq al-Ash'ar (The Free Men's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Muhammad Ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi (active 1340s), c. 1341. Iran, Shiraz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 19.7 x 13.5 cm (7 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1945.385.a title: Animals, Precious Stones, Coins, and Musical Instruments (recto) from a Mu'nis al-Ahrar fi Daqa'iq al-Ash'ar (The Free Men's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Muhammad Ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi (active 1340s) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1341 creation date earliest: 1340 creation date latest: 1345 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Iran, Shiraz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353) technique: opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper department: Islamic Art collection: Islamic Art type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 19.7 x 13.5 cm (7 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Script: Thulth translation: remark: inscription: (text on the previous page, leaf 2f, Harvard University Art Museums, 1960.186) In the hands of his slaves and of his friends are:/ Spear and sword, javelin and pen./ Ever all roasted at his table are:/ Ox and fish, camel and horse and sheep./ Ocean and mine have showered on his presence:/ Pearl and ruby, coined gold and silver/ The minstrels at his banquet bear in their hands:/ Lute and harp, rebec, pipe and tambourine. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Persian Miniatures opening date: 1963-04-09T05:00:00 Persian Miniatures. The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (April 9-May 9, 1963). title: The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting opening date: 1976-11-09T05:00:00 The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 19, 1976); The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL (January 12-February 27, 1977). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Illustrated Poetry and Epic Images: Persian Painting of the 1330s and 1340s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (February 1-May 1, 1994).', 'opening_date': '1994-02-01T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Hagop Kevorkian [1872–1962], New York, NY, ?-1945, to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1945 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1945-present date: 1945- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Swietochowski, Marie Lukens, and Stefano Carboni. Illustrated Poetry and Epic Images: Persian Painting of the 1330s and 1340s. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 3 a-d, pp. 30-31 url: