id:			149083
accession number:	1977.207
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.207
updated:		2025-08-07 23:27:32.785000

Persian calligraphy framed by an ornamental border of flowers, birds, and deer, from the Late Shah Jahan Album, calligraphy: c. 1500–1540; border: c. 1630–40. Mir 'Ali Haravi (Persian, active in Herat, Afghanistan, died c. 1550). Gum tempera, gold, and ink on paper; overall: 36.8 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Herbert F. Leisy in memory of his wife, Helen Stamp Leisy, 1977.207

title:				Persian calligraphy framed by an ornamental border of flowers, birds, and deer, from the Late Shah Jahan Album
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creation date:			calligraphy: c. 1500–1540; border: c. 1630–40
creation date earliest:		1495
creation date latest:		1650
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creditline:			Gift of Herbert F. Leisy in memory of his wife, Helen Stamp Leisy
copyright:			

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culture:	Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–58)
technique:	Gum tempera, gold, and ink on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Mir 'Ali Haravi (Persian, active in Herat, Afghanistan, died c. 1550)  - artist
Persian, active in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan
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measurements: Overall: 36.8 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Ever since knotted locks of your hair were tied around your throat,/ 
My neck has also been chained by your tresses./ 
Henceforth my lot is to lament and cry,/ 
sounding like the [awakening] caravan bell,/ 
Protesting against these fellow travelers who have tied a heavy load on a nightingale.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Nature Supernatural
	opening date:   2023-09-22T04:00:00
	<i>Nature Supernatural</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 2023-March 3, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 18, 2004-May 23, 2005).', 'opening_date': '2004-08-18T04:00:00Z'}

* {'description': '<em>Indian Gallery Rotation (Gallery 245)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 28-November 2, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2015-04-28T04:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	Herbert F. Leisy [1900–1977], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1977
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1977–
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CITATIONS

	Leach, Linda York. <em>Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Oriental Art. </em>Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 28iii, pp. 102 and 103; mentioned: pp. 103-104.
	url:		

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IMAGES

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