King Luhrasp Ascends the Throne: a Processon Arrives at Court, recto of the left folio of a double-page composition from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025)
c. 1560–90
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
King Luhrasp Ascends the Throne: a Processon Arrives at Court, recto of the left folio of a double-page composition from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), c. 1560–90. Iran, Shiraz, Safavid period (1501-1722). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 47 x 29.7 cm (18 1/2 x 11 11/16 in.); image: 43.9 x 26.6 cm (17 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1962.24.a
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, ink, gold, paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 47 x 29.7 cm (18 1/2 x 11 11/16 in.); Image: 43.9 x 26.6 cm (17 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Script: Nasta'liq
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1962.24.a
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Persian Miniatures, Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation), Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Persian Miniatures, April 9-May 9, 1963
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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