id:			170825
accession number:	2013.318
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.318
updated:		2025-02-09 07:07:51.227000

From the Farhang-i Jahangiri (Persian-language Dictionary) compiled by Mir Jamal al-Din Husayn Inju of Shiraz (Persian, d. 1626), 1607–8. Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 33.7 x 21.9 cm (13 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.); text field: 21.2 x 11 cm (8 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.318

title:				From the Farhang-i Jahangiri (Persian-language Dictionary) compiled by Mir Jamal al-Din Husayn Inju of Shiraz (Persian, d. 1626)
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creation date:			1607–8
creation date earliest:		1607
creation date latest:		1608
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creditline:			Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
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culture:	Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 33.7 x 21.9 cm (13 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.); Text field: 21.2 x 11 cm (8 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Recto: “kuyesteh” (misspelling of “kunisteh,” meaning two halves of the buttocks) to “Gur” (name of a people in India);
Verso: “Gur” to “Gush” (morning east breeze, zephyr)
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PROVENANCE

	(Charles Dikran Kelekian [1910–1992], New York, NY, sold to Ralph Benkaim)
	date: c. 1950-July 1968
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	Ralph Benkaim [1914-2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: July 1968-2013
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Mace, Sonya Rhie, Mohsen Ashtiany, Catherine Glynn, Pedro Moura Carvalho, Marcus Fraser, and Ruby Lal. <em>Mughal Paintings: Art and Stories: the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. London: D Giles Limited, 2016.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 43, p. 219
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