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The painting on the verso of this folio is the first half of a double-page frontispiece now detached from a <em>Shah-nama</em> manuscript (see <a href="http://cma.org/art/1956.10"><u>CMA 1956.10</u></a><u> </u>for the second half of the frontispiece). The scene does not illustrate a narrative from the <em>Shah-nama</em>, but is likely a representation of the courtly audience for whose entertainment the manuscript was created. The date and style of the painting indicate that it was made during the reign of the Timurid dynasty in Shiraz, Iran.
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124167
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Royal Reception in a Landscape, right folio from the double frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 940–1019 or 1025) (verso)
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124167
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Royal Reception in a Landscape, right folio from the double frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 940–1019 or 1025) (verso)
description
The painting on the verso of this folio is the first half of a double-page frontispiece now detached from a <em>Shah-nama</em> manuscript (see <a href="http://cma.org/art/1956.10"><u>CMA 1956.10</u></a><u> </u>for the second half of the frontispiece). The scene does not illustrate a narrative from the <em>Shah-nama</em>, but is likely a representation of the courtly audience for whose entertainment the manuscript was created. The date and style of the painting indicate that it was made during the reign of the Timurid dynasty in Shiraz, Iran.
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1444
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en
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Q60760095
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Royal Reception in a Landscape, right folio from the double frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 940–1019 or 1025) (verso), 1444. Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501). Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper; image: 26.3 x 20.7 cm (10 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.); overall: 32.5 x 22.1 cm (12 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1945.169.b
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Islamic Art
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didYouKnow
A musician plays a harp that has been mounted over a stream, painted with now tarnished silver paint.
citations
1
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy G. “A Shāhnāmah Frontispiece.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>(December 1956) vol. 43, no. 10, 1956, pp. 213–217.
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Mentioned: pp. 213-217; Reproduced: p. 217
2
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 722
3
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 222
4
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 222
5
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 279
6
citation
Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 45, p. 350
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25159914
7
citation
Gharipour, Mohammad. <em>Persian Gardens and Pavilions, Reflections in History, Poetry and the Arts</em>. London: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., 2013.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 85, p. 95
8
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 228-229
9
citation
Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland, OH; New Haven, CT: The Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page_number
Reproduced: p.132; Mentioned: p 133
10
citation
Soucek, Priscilla. " Looking East, Looking West: The Artistic Connections of Ming China and Timurid Iran." In <em>Ming China: Courts and Contacts, 1400-1450. </em>Craig Clunas, Jessica Harrison-Hall, and Yu Ping Luk., eds., p. 233. London: The British Museum, 2016.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 233, pl. 26.8a-b
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:24:11.938000
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124167
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opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
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Islamic Art
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Islamic Art
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Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501)
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opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
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1945.169.b
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Image: 26.3 x 20.7 cm (10 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.); Overall: 32.5 x 22.1 cm (12 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
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