Man Filling a Wine Cup

Object Details

• Description

  A bearded man filling a wine cup. Reverse: a page of calligraphy.

  Ink outline, slight color and gold. Signature (?) Inscriptions.

• Signatures

  Signed by Riza Abbasi (attributed to a follower)

• Inscriptions

  A shaykh who would use his tears [of repentance] for his ablutions,

  Was always averse to a cup and jar [of wine]

  At our gathering last evening, he created quite an uproar,

  At our gathering last evening, he created quite an uproar,

• Provenance

  To 1907

  Unidentified owner, Cairo, Egypt, to 1907 [1]

  From 1907 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Cairo, Egypt, from an unidentified owner in 1907 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See List of Persian Manuscripts and Miniatures, S.I. 1580, pg. 10, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

  Riza-i Abbasi Album (May 10, 1985 to September 3, 1985)

  The Brush of the Masters: Drawings from Iran (October 14, 1978 to May 30, 1979)

  Persian Art (January 1, 1963 to September 3, 1963)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Isfahan, Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

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• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Isfahan

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Wine and wine making, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Scholar, Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Paintings