id: 137324 accession number: 1962.25.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.25.b updated: 2025-02-09 02:33:09.403000 The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign: the Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), c. 1482. Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; image: 14.7 x 15 cm (5 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.); overall: 32.5 x 23.2 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/8 in.); text area: 23 x 15.5 cm (9 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1962.25.b title: The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign: the Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1482 creation date earliest: 1470 creation date latest: 1490 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501) technique: opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper department: Islamic Art collection: Islamic Art type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Image: 14.7 x 15 cm (5 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.); Overall: 32.5 x 23.2 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/8 in.); Text area: 23 x 15.5 cm (9 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Script: Nasta'liq translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE acquired in India; (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1962 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1962- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.25.b/1962.25.b_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.25.b/1962.25.b_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.25.b/1962.25.b_full.tif