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Episodes from the Reigns of Khusrau Parviz and Nushirwan from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)

c. 1299

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Iraq, Baghdad, Ilkhanid period

(1256-1353)

Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

Image: 5 x 13.2 cm (1 15/16 x 5 3/16 in.); Overall: 25 x 18.8 cm (9 13/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.480

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

script: Naskh

Citations

Persian Art Before And After the Mongol Conquest.: [Exhibition] April 9-May 17, 1959. the University of Michigan, Museum of Art, Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, Museum of Art, 1959. Mentioned: cat. no. 124, p. 41; Reproduced: p. 69

Exhibition history

Islamic Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1944-February 2, 1945).

The World of Miniature Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 20-November 10, 1953).