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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). Gum tempera, 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)
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creation date:			1520–40
creation date earliest:		1520
creation date latest:		1540
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture:	Iran, Tabriz, Safavid period (1501-1722)
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, gold, and silver on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
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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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	inscription:	Script: Nasta'liq
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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, Cleveland, OH (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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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
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