1960.187: Ardashir Enthroned (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Manuscripts
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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
- Permissions
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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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