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accession number:	1947.500.a
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Persian verses (recto) from a Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) of Jami (d. 1492), mid 1500s. Iran, probably Shiraz, Safavid period (1501-1722). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 29.6 x 16.2 cm (11 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.); image: 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1947.500.a

title:				Persian verses (recto) from a Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) of Jami (d. 1492)
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creation date:			mid 1500s
creation date earliest:		1530
creation date latest:		1570
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Iran, probably Shiraz, Safavid period (1501-1722)
technique:	opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 29.6 x 16.2 cm (11 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.); Image: 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Script: Nasta'liq
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased from Heeramaneck Galleries by J.H. Wade Fund
	date: ?-1947
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1947-
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wall description: 
The <em>Khamsa </em>is a collection of five narrative poems, one of which is dedicated to the romance of Khusrau Parviz (590–628), a pre-Islamic king of Iran, and Shirin, his beloved Armenian princess. Khusrau’s turban has the anachronistic baton worn by Safavid royalty and the egret feather, an emblem of nobility instituted by the Mongols in the 1200s.<br>Here the lovers are seated before a tent in an idyllic landscape at night, indicated by the dark blue sky dotted with stars, painted with now tarnished silver. Shirin serves figs and pomegranates, symbolic of fertility, to Khusrau as attendants bring more figs and wine. Next to Shirin’s black horse, the musician at bottom right plays an <em>oud</em>, a stringed instrument similar to a lute.
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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: cat. no. 724
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