Object Details
- Description
- Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; Siyawush's ordeal by fire; fragment of a sarlawh in Persian white nasta'liq script from the Haft Paykar of Nizami has been pasted to this painting.
- Border: The painting is set in gold, blue, and black rulings mounted on a paperboard with floral motifs and a blue background.
- Inscriptions
- Stamps: Doune Paris (pink on back frame)
- Provenance
- 1930
- Unidentified sale, no. 131. [1]
- To 1942
- Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France. [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. 406.
- [2] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.
- [3] See note 2.
- [4] See note 2.
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Henri Vever (1854-1942)
- Francois Mautin (1907-2003)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- circa 1590
- 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: 34.1 x 24.1 cm (13 7/16 x 9 1/2 in)
- Type
- Manuscript
