id:			153627
accession number:	1987.153.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.153.b
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Calligraphy framed by an ornamental border with poppies and pairs of birds, from the Late Shah Jahan Album  (verso), c. 1653. Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–58). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 37.8 x 27.3 cm (14 7/8 x 10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alton W. Whitehouse, 1987.153.b

title:				Calligraphy framed by an ornamental border with poppies and pairs of birds, from the Late Shah Jahan Album  (verso)
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creation date:			c. 1653
creation date earliest:		1648
creation date latest:		1658
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alton W. Whitehouse
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culture:	Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–58)
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 37.8 x 27.3 cm (14 7/8 x 10 3/4 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 245): April 28, 2015 - November 2, 2015.', 'opening_date': '2015-04-28T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1987–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara </em>[東洋絵画の精華: 特别展: クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから= Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 26, cat. no. 5
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