Animals, Birds, and Plants (verso) from a Mu'nis al-Ahrar fi Daqa'iq al-Ash'ar (The Free Men's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Muhammad Ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi (active 1340s)
c. 1341
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Animals, Birds, and Plants (verso) from a Mu'nis al-Ahrar fi Daqa'iq al-Ash'ar (The Free Men's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Muhammad Ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi (active 1340s), c. 1341. Iran, Shiraz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 19.7 x 13.5 cm (7 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1945.385.b
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, ink, gold, paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 19.7 x 13.5 cm (7 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: script: Thulth Inscription: Making the garden of his pleasure their homeland are:/ Rosebush and box-tree, cypress and elm./ Prey to hawk and prey to his cheetah are:/ Vulture and sīmurgh, elephant and rhinoceros./ Sun and Moon, Venus and Mercury are at his feast:/ Falcon-drum and goblet, bowl and candlestick./ Overwhelming the corpses of his foes are:/ Porcupine and stork, raven and kite.
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1945.385.b
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Persian Miniatures, The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting, <em>Illustrated Poetry and Epic Images: Persian Painting of the 1330s and 1340s</em>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (February 1-May 1, 1994).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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