Object Details
- Description
- Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Haft paykar in the Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: Bahram Gur and the princess in the Yellow Pavilion; verso: text, Princess telling the story, four columns, nineteen lines; one of a group of two folios.
- Border: The text and the painting are set in gold, red, and blue rulings on cream-colored paper.
- Provenance
- To 1913
- Georges Tabbagh, Paris, France. [1]
- From 1913 to 1942
- Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Georges Tabbagh, Paris, France on November 22, 1913. [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] 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. 404. See also Glen D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 2: Ledger of Acquisitions, 1894 and 1907-17" in A Jeweler’s Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 235.
- [2] See note 1.
- [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
- The Art of Painting a Story: Narrative Images from Iran (December 22, 1991 to May 10, 1992)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Henri Vever (1854-1942)
- Georges Tabbagh (b. ca. 1870)
- Francois Mautin (1907-2003)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- circa 1550
- Period
- Safavid period
- Accession Number
- S1986.180
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Manuscript
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 30.3 x 20.2 cm (11 15/16 x 7 15/16 in)
- Origin
- Shiraz, Iran
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Topic
- dancing
- Safavid period (1501 - 1722)
- Khamsa
- pavilion
- percussion instrument
- fiddle
- Iran
- princess
- Bahram Gur
- musician
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Henri Vever collection
- dancer
- Record ID
- fsg_S1986.180
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3bcda7179-c997-4871-bc7a-d743464cd49a
