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accession number:	1988.96.b
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Page from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934-1020), 1520–40. Attributed to Mir Musavvir (Iranian, c. 1510–1555). Opaque watercolor, ink, gold, and silver on paper; sheet: 47.5 x 32.2 cm (18 11/16 x 12 11/16 in.); text area: 28.4 x 18.5 cm (11 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1988.96.b

title:				Page from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934-1020)
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1520–40
creation date earliest:		1520
creation date latest:		1540
current location:		
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Iran, Tabriz, Safavid Period, 16th century
technique:	opaque watercolor, ink, gold, and silver on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Mir Musavvir (Iranian, c. 1510–1555)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 47.5 x 32.2 cm (18 11/16 x 12 11/16 in.); Text area: 28.4 x 18.5 cm (11 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Script: Nasta'liq
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Shah Tahmasp شاه تهماسب یکم‎ [1514–1576], Iran, given to Ottoman Sultan Selim II
	date: 1520s–1567
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	Ottoman Sultan Selim II [1524–1574], Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
	date: 1567–?
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	Topkapı Palace library, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
	date: until early 1900s
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	Baron Edmond de Rothschild [1845–1934], Boulogne-Billancourt, France
	date: early 1900s–?
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	Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. [1906–1990]
	date: ?–October 14, 1988
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			* <div><!--block-->Arthur Amory Houghton Jr. was an American industrialist who served as the president of Steuben Glass Works, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Philharmonic.</div>
			
			
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	(Christie's, London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: October 14, 1988
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1988–
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fun fact:
The 50,000 rhyming couplets of the <em>Shahnama</em> tell the story of ancient kings of Iran.

digital description:


wall description:
Begun at the end of the reign of Shah Ismail (reigned 1501–24), first king of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, this copy of the Shah-nama (Book of Kings) was completed during the reign of his son Shah Tahmasp. Unparalleled in scope and refinement, the book included 259 paintings by master artists in the royal workshop. Two calligraphers copied the text in an elegant, flowing nasta‘liq script. In 1568, Shah Tahmasp gave this book as a gift to the Ottoman sultan Selim II of Turkey.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. <em>Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 166-167
	url:		

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