Object Details
- Description
- Detached folio from a dispersed manuscript; man on top of a minaret; marginal inscription; one of a group of three folios.
- Border: The painting is set in gold, black, and red rulings mounted on a paperboard with gold, floral motifs.
- Inscriptions
- On the stenciled folio: Abu'l-Ghazi Pir Muhammad Bahadur Khan. May his kingdom last forever.
- On the stenciled folio: Abu'l-Ghazi Pir Muhammad Bahadur Khan. May his kingdom last forever.
- Provenance
- To 1913
- Charles Vignier (1863-1934), Paris, France. [1]
- From 1913 to 1942
- Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Charles Vignier, Paris, France on July 29, 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 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. 234. See also 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. 403.
- [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
- A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Henri Vever (1854-1942)
- Charles Vignier (1863-1934)
- Francois Mautin (1907-2003)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1417-1418?
- Period
- Timurid period
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 34.4 x 22.9 cm (13 9/16 x 9 in)
- Type
- Manuscript
