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accession number: 1976.74
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Alamshah cleaving asunder the chain of the wheel, from volume 11 of a Hamza-nama (Adventures of Hamza), c. 1560s–70s. Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cotton and paper; page: 83.7 x 67 cm (32 15/16 x 26 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George P. Bickford 1976.74
title: Alamshah cleaving asunder the chain of the wheel, from volume 11 of a Hamza-nama (Adventures of Hamza)
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creation date: c. 1560s–70s
creation date earliest: 1555
creation date latest: 1585
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creditline: Gift of George P. Bickford
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culture: Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
technique: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cotton and paper
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art
type: Painting
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measurements: Page: 83.7 x 67 cm (32 15/16 x 26 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review, 1976
opening date: 1977-02-01T05:00:00
Year in Review, 1976. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).
title: The Year in Review for 1982
opening date: 1983-01-05T05:00:00
The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
title: The Adventures of Hamza
opening date: 2002-06-21T00:00:00
The Adventures of Hamza. National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC (organizer) (June 21-September 29, 2002); The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (November 1, 2002-January 26, 2003).
title: Art and Stories from Mughal India
opening date: 2016-07-31T04:00:00
Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).
title: Martial Art of India (Indian Painting rotation)
opening date: 2022-02-11T05:00:00
Martial Art of India (Indian Painting rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 21, 2022).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 31, 2013–June 30, 2014).', 'opening_date': '2013-12-31T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Tabbagh
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George Bickford [1901–1991] and Clara Louise Gehring Bickford [1903–1985], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?–1976
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1976–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1976.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 2 (February 1977): 39–78.
page number: Mentioned: p. 79, no. 149; Reproduced: p. 60
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152676
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 303
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n323
Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
page number: cat. no. 10
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Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 170-171
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Sporre, Dennis J. The Creative Impulse: An Introduction to the Arts. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 327, no. 11.8
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Seyller, John William, and W. M. Thackston. The Adventures of Hamza: Painting and Storytelling in Mughal India. Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, 2002.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 51, pp.162-163, R78, p. 266
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Sporre, Dennis J. The Creative Impulse: An Introduction to the Arts. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 332, no. 11.19
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Douglass, Scott, and Dennis J. Sporre. The Creative Impulse. Seventh Edition. Seventh Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2006.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 322, fig. 10.18
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Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 174-175
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Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie. "From the Fifth Vizier's Story to the Gifts of Timur: Mughal Paintings by Sravana in the Cleveland Museum of Art." Orientations: The Magazine for Collectors and Connoisseurs of Asian Art, November/December 2013, pp. 13-18.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 5
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 211–212
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 35
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