Folio from a Zafarnama (Book of victory) by Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (d. 1454); recto: Timur grants an audience on the occasion of his accession to the throne at Balkh; verso: text

Object Details

• Calligrapher

  Ya'qub b. Hasan

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Zafarnama (Book of victory) by Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, left-hand half of a double-page composition; separate from its facing folio (S1986.133.1); text: Persian in black naskh script with phrases in gold, blue, and red; recto: illustration: Timur grants an audience on the occasion of his accession to the throne at Balkh; verso: text: twenty-one lines; one of a group of three folios.

  Border: The text and the painting are set in gold, red, and blue rulings on cream- colored paper.

• Provenance

  To 1914

  Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947), Paris, France. [1]

  From 1914 to 1942

  Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Léonce Rosenberg, Paris, France on June 18, 1914. [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 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. 236. See also 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. 403.

  [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.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  Paintings from Shiraz (December 24, 1994 to August 27, 1995)

  A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Henri Vever (1854-1942)

  Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947)

  Francois Mautin (1907-2003)

• Origin

  Shiraz, Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s

• Name

  Mautin, Francois Albert, Vever, Henri, Rosenberg, Léonce

• Place

  Shiraz

• Topic

  Art, Timurid period (1378 - 1506), Henri Vever collection, Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts