{ "data": { "id": 151218, "accession_number": "1983.1115.a", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto), c. 1509\u201359. Sultan Muhammad Khandan (Iranian, d. after 1550). Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper; sheet: 27.4 x 20 cm (10 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.); text area: 18.7 x 10.9 cm (7 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Mehmed A. Simsar in memory of Dr. Mehmed A. Simsar, 1983.1115.a", "current_location": null, "title": "Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto)", "creation_date": "c. 1509\u201359", "creation_date_earliest": 1500, "creation_date_latest": 1560, "artists_tags": [ "male" ], "culture": [ "Afghanistan, Herat, Safavid period (1501\u20131722)" ], "technique": "ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper", "support_materials": [], "department": "Islamic Art", "collection": "Islamic Art", "type": "Manuscript", "measurements": "Sheet: 27.4 x 20 cm (10 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Text area: 18.7 x 10.9 cm (7 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.)", "dimensions": { "sheet": { "height": 0.274, "height_inch": 10, "height_inch_fraction": 0.8125, "width": 0.2, "width_inch": 7, "width_inch_fraction": 0.875 }, "text area": { "height": 0.187, "height_inch": 7, "height_inch_fraction": 0.375, "width": 0.109, "width_inch": 4, "width_inch_fraction": 0.3125 } }, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [ { "inscription": "Al-faq\u012br Sul\u1e6d\u0101n Mu\u1e25ammad Khand\u0101n", "inscription_translation": "The poor (one) Sul\u1e6d\u0101n Mu\u1e25ammad Khand\u0101n", "inscription_remark": "Script: Thulth and Nasta'liq", "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "[Persian quatrain]", "inscription_translation": "The hope is for your enemies to suffer a reversal of fortune;/\nAnd both worlds (here and hereafter) to fall into your grasp./\nUnder your shadow you harbor compassion, so it is a marvel to behold:/\nA shade lightening the world.", "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "[Persian quatrain]", "inscription_translation": "To the chain of her tresses, O Lord!/\nFetter not one with a besotted heart!/\nFor in a trice, deploying her beauty,/\nHer moonlike face can steal away a hundred besotted hearts.", "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null } ], "exhibitions": { "current": [ { "id": 294015, "title": "Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation)", "description": "Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 2018-October 28, 2019).", "opening_date": "2018-10-30T04:00:00" } ], "legacy": [] }, "provenance": [ { "description": "Mrs. Mehmed A. [Louise Dean] Simsar [1900\u20131986], Washington, DC, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "?-1983", "sortorder": 1 }, { "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "1983-", "sortorder": 2 } ], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": null, "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "This page contains two quatrains\u2014poems made up of four lines. The diagonally written text in the center of the page is a poem addressed to a ruler, expressing hope for his success and the downfall of his enemies. The second poem is split between the horizontal panels at the top and bottom of the page. This quatrain praises the beauty of the writer\u2019s beloved, saying that \u201cher moonlike face can steal away a hundred besotted hearts.\u201d At the right are calligraphic exercises displaying letters of the alphabet and the virtuoso skill of the calligrapher Sultan Muhammad Khandan, who signed the page in the triangle at the lower left of the inner text block.", "external_resources": { "wikidata": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60758096" ], "internet_archive": [ "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1983.1115.a-persian-quatrains-ru" ] }, "citations": [], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.1115.a", "images": { "annotation": null, "web": { "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1983.1115.a/1983.1115.a_web.jpg", "width": "651", "height": "893", "filesize": "556021", "filename": "1983.1115.a_web.jpg" }, "print": { "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1983.1115.a/1983.1115.a_print.jpg", "width": "2478", "height": "3400", "filesize": "7321611", "filename": "1983.1115.a_print.jpg" }, "full": { "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1983.1115.a/1983.1115.a_full.tif", "width": "4785", "height": "6565", "filesize": "94275472", "filename": "1983.1115.a_full.tif" } }, "alternate_images": [], "creditline": "Gift of Mrs. Mehmed A. 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