Data Source

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Former owner

Tabbagh Frères (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Provenance

To 1908

Tabbagh Frères, Paris, to 1908 [1]

From 1908 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tabbagh Frères, Paris, through the Bauer-Folsom Company, New York, in 1908 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See List of Persian Books and Paintings, S.I. 1592, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. In 1932, F1908.259-.284 were separated from F1908.199 and given their current numbers.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Calligrapher

Murshid al-Shirazi

Date

1548 (955 A.H.)

Period

Safavid period

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 30.8 x 19.1 cm (12 1/8 x 7 1/2 in)

Type

Manuscript

Topic

music

Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

lute

pavilion

percussion instrument

Iran

Bahram Gur

Arts of the Islamic World

Restrictions & Rights

Copyright with museum

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Origin

Shiraz, Fars, Iran

Accession Number

F1908.275