Object Details
- Previous custodian or owner
- Henri Vever (1854-1942)
- Hotel Drouot
- Moussa
- Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)
- 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.
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- 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
