Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Daughters of Barzin Dance for Bahram Gur; recto: text: Bahram Gur and Barzin Shah
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Period
1520-1530 -
Geography
Shiraz, Iran -
Material
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper -
Dimension
H x W: 30.8 x 18 cm (12 1/8 x 7 1/16 in) -
Accession Number
S1986.208 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_S1986.208
Object Details
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Description
Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: text, Bahram Gur and Barzin Shah, four columns, nineteen lines; verso: illustration and text, Daughters of Barzin dance for Bahram Gur; one of a group of three folios.Border: The text and the painting are set in gold, black and grey rulings on cream-colored paper. -
Provenance
To at least 1935Emile Tabbagh, Paris, France. [1]1935Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Collection de Monsieur Emile Tabbagh, May 20-21, 1935, no. 161. [2]From 1935 to 1942Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased at the Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Collection de Monsieur Emile Tabbagh, May 21, 1935. [3]From 1942 to 1986Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [4]From 1986Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [5]Notes:[1] The object was in the collection of Emile Tabbagh of New York and Paris, France by 1935 when it was published in the auction catalogue, Collection de M. Emile Tabbagh: Art Oriental. Paris, May 20-21, 1935. 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 note 1.[3] See note 1. See also Glenn D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, 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. 35.[4] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.[5] See note 4. -
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Collection -
Previous custodian or owner
Henri Vever (1854-1942)Hotel DrouotEmile Tabbagh (1879-80-1933)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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