Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; recto: Bahram Gur and the Princess in the Yellow Pavilion; verso: text, Princess telling the story
Object Details
- Previous custodian or owner
- Henri Vever (1854-1942)
- Georges Tabbagh (1905 - 1936)
- Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)
- Provenance
- To 1913
- Georges Tabbagh, Paris, France. [1]
- From 1913 to 1942
- Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Georges Tabbagh, Paris, France on November 22, 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 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. See also 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. 235.
- [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.
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- circa 1550
- 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: 30.3 x 20.2 cm (11 15/16 x 7 15/16 in)
- Type
- Manuscript
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