Binding of a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (d.1325)

Object Details

• Description

  Binding with scenes of animals and birds in landscapes, surrounded by sunken panels of Persian calligraphy in thuluth script; leather over paper pasteboards; gold block-stamped; doublures of red leather with filigree work over blue, black and yellow painted grounds; one of a group of three: the binding (S1986.472) and folios (S 1986.72.1-2) are accessioned separately.

• Provenance

  From at least 1911

  Claude Anet (1868-1931), Paris, from at least 1911 [1]

  To 1942

  Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, to 1942 [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] The object is documented as having appeared in the collection of Claude Anet by at least October 19, 1911. 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. 411. Claude Anet was the pseudonym of writer Jean Schopfer.

  [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), pp. 178-179, no. 208.

  [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

  Le Chant du monde: L'Art de l'Iran safavide, 1501-1736 (October 05, 2007 to January 07, 2008)

  Love and Yearning: Mystical and Moral Themes in Persian Painting (August 30, 2003 to February 22, 2004)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Claude Anet (1868-1931)

  Henri Vever (1854-1942)

  Francois Mautin (1907-2003)

• Origin

  Qazvin, Iran

• Credit Line

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

• Type

  Book

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• Name

  Mautin, Francois Albert, Anet, Claude, Vever, Henri

• Place

  Qazvin

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Art, Henri Vever collection, Khamsa, Arts of the Islamic World, Leatherwork

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Books