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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
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The dervish brings in as dowry an elephant laden with gold, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
c. 1560
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Provenance
Public?–1959
Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881–1958], Bowie, MD
1959–1962?
(Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA)
1959?–1962
(Bernard Brown Agency, Milwaukee, WI, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchased with funds from...
1962–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Source provenance text
Estate of Breckinridge Long [1881–1958], Bowie, MD (Harry Burke Antiques, Philadelphia, PA) (Bernard Brown Agency, Milwaukee, WI, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Purchased with funds from Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Exhibitions
PublicSource exhibition text
Indian gallery rotation (Gallery 245). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 2, 2015-April 4, 2016).
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Sourced Overview Evidence
The eccentric dervish, wearing a fur cap, a leopard-skin skirt, and chains around his neck, chest, and legs, comes to the king with the very thing the king thought he could never provide: an elephant laden with gold in exchange for the princess’s hand in marriage. The dervish had gone to the magnanimous King of Kings—the overlord of this local king—with his plight: in order to marry the princess, he had to provide an elephant laden with gold as a dowry. The King of Kings, who could not resist a good love story, provided it for him. The text of the story is written in Persian in a naskh script, which is read from right to left.
The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%
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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 4 structured provenance events · 0 structured exhibitions.
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