Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)

Object Details

• Author

  Jami (died 1492)

• Provenance

  To 1946

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York. [1]

  From 1946

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

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also, Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Seven Thrones of Jami: A Princely Manuscript from Iran (June 28, 1997 to March 29, 1998)

  Untitled Exhibition, Institute of Fine Arts, Detroit, 1930 (1930)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Poetry

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts