Equestrian portrait of Muhammad Shah from the Impey Album

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Usage Conditions ApplyAt A Glance
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Period
ca. 1730 -
Geography
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh state, Avadh (Oudh), India -
Material
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper -
Dimension
H x W (overall): 46.9 x 32.6 cm (18 7/16 x 12 13/16 in) -
Accession Number
S1986.434 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_S1986.434
Object Details
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Calligrapher
Daswanth -
Court
Mughal Court -
School/Tradition
Mughal School -
Description
Detached folio from a dispersed manuscript; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: Equestrian portrait of Muhammad Shah from the Impey Album; verso: calligraphic panel, central panel contains a quatrain surrounded by marginal calligraphic panels; one of a group of three folios; seal with date; signed by master Daswanth.Border: The recto is set in gold and black rulings in a pink frame, mounted on a cream-colored paperboard. The verso is set in gold and black rulings in a green inner frame surrounded by two calligraphic panels with illuminated corner pieces and side rectangles and an outer frame of turquoise floral scroll with a pink border, mounted on a cream-colored paperboard. -
Marks
Stamps: blue-edge Oct, No431 x'ed; Petit. -
Inscriptions
Verso, margin, Amal-i ustad Daswanth.Verso, margin, Amal-i ustad Daswanth. -
Provenance
From at least 1932Albert Besnard, from at least 1932 [1]To 1942Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, to 1942 [2]From 1942 to 1986Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France [3]From 1986Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France [4]Notes:[1] 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. 411.[2] See Glenn D. Lowry et al., An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 297, no. 346.[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
Variations on a Script: Islamic Calligraphy from the Vever Collection (February 18 to September 16, 1990) -
Previous custodian or owner
Albert BesnardHenri Vever (1854-1942)Francois Mautin (1907-2003) -
Origin
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh state, Avadh (Oudh), India -
Credit Line
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler -
Type
Manuscript -
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