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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, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: May 19, 1982
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1982–
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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 (January 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
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print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.63/1982.63_print.jpg
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