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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.187
Title
Ardashir Enthroned (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1425
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/169986

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
42.6 x 33 cm (16 3/4 x 13 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.187
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), pp. 33, 114, no. 65
  • Mohamad Reza Ghiasian, The “Historical Style” of Painting for Shahrukh and Its Revival in the Dispersed Manuscript of Majma? al-Tawarikh (Taylor & Francis Online, June 17, 2014), fig. 10

Exhibition History

  • Courts and Countryside: Islamic Paintings from the 14th through the 17th Century, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/21/1999 - 08/22/1999

Verification Level

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