Persian Verses: The Fortieth Year of King Kisra Nushirwan's Reign and the Story of Buzurgmihr (recto); Portrait of Nushirwan the Just (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
1330–35
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Persian Verses: The Fortieth Year of King Kisra Nushirwan's Reign and the Story of Buzurgmihr (recto); Portrait of Nushirwan the Just (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), 1330–35. Iran, Tabriz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 59.3 x 40.2 cm (23 3/8 x 15 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1959.330
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, ink, gold, paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 59.3 x 40.2 cm (23 3/8 x 15 13/16 in.)
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1959.330
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty, The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran, The Classical Style in Islamic Painting, Persian Miniature Manuscripts, <em>Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 116)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 16, 2013-December 15, 2014).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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