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Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: illustration: Bahram Gur in the turquoise-blue pavilion on Wednesday; verso: text

Object Details

Previous custodian or 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.
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler 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

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