Folio from a Qur'an

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; rectangular illuminated panel decorated on both sides with a medallion extending into the margin and designs in gold and blue; frontispiece or tailpiece of a copy of the Qur'an.

• Provenance

  ?-to at least 1937

  H. Kevorkian, New York, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  From 1937

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from H. Kevorkian, New York [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962) was a dealer and collector of Islamic Art with eponymous galleries in New York and Paris. See note 2 for purchase invoice details.

  [2] The Freer Gallery of Art paid H. Kevorkian in installments, the first on October 28, 1936, and the last on April 7, 1937 and approved on April 5, 1937. See object file for copy of invoice.

  Research updated December 6, 2022

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

  Art of the Arab World (May 8, 1975 to August 20, 1977)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Origin

  Near East or North Africa

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Date

  900s, 800s, 700s, 1100s, 1200s, 1000s

• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Place

  North Africa, Near East

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Qur'an

• Culture

  Muslims, Abbasids

• Object Type

  Manuscripts