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King Luhrasp Ascends the Throne: a Processon Arrives at Court (recto); the Story of King Luhrasp (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025)

King Luhrasp Ascends the Throne: a Processon Arrives at Court (recto); the Story of King Luhrasp (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025)

c. 1560–90
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.)
Location: not on view

Description

This scene of a procession arriving at court was surely completed by the court scene itself. The subject of the frontispiece had nothing to do with the text that it accompanied, and the text has not been identified.
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 223 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 223 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 281 archive.org
  • Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 16-October 6, 2019).
    Persian Miniatures. The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (April 9-May 9, 1963).
    Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).
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