id: 151019
accession number: 1982.63
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Demon in chains, c. 1453. Style of Muhammad Siya Qalam (Iranian). Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; image: 25.7 x 34.4 cm (10 1/8 x 13 9/16 in.); overall: 27 x 35.2 cm (10 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1982.63
title: Demon in chains
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creation date: c. 1453
creation date earliest: 1400
creation date latest: 1499
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Iran or Central Asia, Timurid or Turkoman Period
technique: opaque watercolor and gold on paper
department: Islamic Art
collection: Islamic Art
type: Manuscript
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CREATORS
* Muhammad Siya Qalam (Iranian) - artist
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measurements: Image: 25.7 x 34.4 cm (10 1/8 x 13 9/16 in.); Overall: 27 x 35.2 cm (10 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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 Twain Shall Meet
opening date: 1985-10-30T05:00:00
The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* The House of Timur: Princely Arts in Fifteenth Century Iran and Central Asia. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC (April 14-July 6, 1989); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, (August 13-November 5, 1989).
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PROVENANCE
W. Schultz, Leipzig, Germany
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Vignier, Paris, France
date: before May 19,1982
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(Sotheby's, New York, NY, Islamic Works of Art, May 19, 1982 sale, no. 4867Y, lot 114)
date: May 19, 1982
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1982–
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This page once belonged to a miscellany from the library of the early Ottonian sultans. It depicts two people in nomadic garb leading a demon, or Persian div, in chains between them. The female figure holding the chain to her face is painted to look nearly as ferocious as the captured div. The concept of divs as evil supernatural creatures of mysterious origin dates to pre-Islamic Persia, but they are also described in the text of the Qur'an. Divs in Persian literature and folktales are sometimes captured and forced to use their magic to serve a king or hero.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 70, no. 1, 1983, pp. 3–55.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 24, 52, no. 64
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159799
Grube, Ernst J., and Eleanor Sims. Between China and Iran: Paintings from Four Istanbul Albums: a Colloquy Held 23-26 June 1980. [London]: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 1985.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 295
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Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
page number: Mentioned: p. 358, cat. no. 43
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914
Blair, Sheila, Jonathan Bloom, and Richard Ettinghausen. The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250-1800. New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Press, 1994.
page number: Mentioned: no. 82, p. 62
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Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. The Middle Ages in 50 Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
page number: Mentioned: p. 100-103; Reproduced: p. 101
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.63/1982.63_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.63/1982.63_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.63/1982.63_full.tif