Yusuf and Zulaykha (recto); Text Page, Persian Verses (verso)
c. 1556–65
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Yusuf and Zulaykha (recto); Text Page, Persian Verses (verso), c. 1556–65. Iran, Shiraz or Mashhad, Safavid period (1501-1722). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 29.8 x 17.3 cm (11 3/4 x 6 13/16 in.); image: 21.3 x 15.3 cm (8 3/8 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1947.501 Beyond the fence, a man is shoveling.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, ink, gold, paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 29.8 x 17.3 cm (11 3/4 x 6 13/16 in.); Image: 21.3 x 15.3 cm (8 3/8 x 6 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Script: Nasta'liq
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1947.501
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Twain Shall Meet
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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