Data Source

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Previous custodian or owner

Henri Vever (1854 - 1942)

Hotel Drouot

Moussa

Francois Mautin (French, born 1907)

Provenance

To at least 1922

Moussa, Tehran, Iran. [1]

1922

Sale, Paris, Ho^tel Drouot, Objets d'art Anciens de la Perse, May 5-6, 1922, no. 113. [2]

To 1942

Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France. [3]

From 1942 to 1986

Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [4]

From 1986

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [5]

Notes:

[1] The object was in the collection of Moussa (M.J.M) until 1922 when it was published in the auction catalogue, Objets d'art anciens de la Perse, May 5-6, 1922. 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.

[2] See note 1.

[3] See note 1.

[4] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.

[5] See note 4.

Author

Jami (died 1492)

Date

circa 1575

Period

Safavid period

Credit Line

Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

Medium

Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 28 x 18.8 cm (11 x 7 3/8 in)

Type

Manuscript

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Accession Number

S1986.162

Topic

Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

zither

percussion instrument

Yusuf

Zulaykha

Iran

Arts of the Islamic World

Henri Vever collection

WWII-era provenance

Origin

Khurasan, Iran

Restrictions & Rights

Copyright with museum