Object Details
- Description
- Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Haft paykar from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: illustration and text: Bahram Gur and the princess in the red pavilion; verso: text, four columns, twenty-four lines; one of a group of two folios.
- Border: The text and the painting are set in gold and black rulings on cream-colored paper.
- Provenance
- From at least 1913
- Claude Anet (1868-1931), Paris, from at least 1913 [1]
- To 1942
- Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, to 1942 [2]
- From 1942 to 1986
- Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France [3]
- From 1986
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France [4]
- Notes:
- [1] The object is documented as having appeared in the collection of Claude Anet by at least January 18, 1913. See Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 7: Chart of Recent Provenance" in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Glenn D. Lowry et al (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 408.
- [2] See Glenn D. Lowry et al., An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 226, no. 255.
- [3] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.
- [4] See note 3.
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Exhibition History
- L'Age d'or des sciences arabes (October 25, 2005 to March 19, 2006)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Claude Anet (1868-1931)
- Henri Vever (1854-1942)
- Francois Mautin (1907-2003)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- circa 1560
- Period
- Safavid period
- Accession Number
- S1986.283
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Manuscript
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 29.5 x 17 cm (11 5/8 x 6 11/16 in)
- Origin
- Astarabad, Iran
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- Safavid period (1501 - 1722)
- Khamsa
- pavilion
- tambourine
- harp
- kemanche
- santur
- Iran
- princess
- Bahram Gur
- musician
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Henri Vever collection
- Record ID
- fsg_S1986.283
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye31eb6b167-12ba-4b3c-adf3-a6df434739d8
