Folio from a Hubanname (the Book of the fair) by Fazil-i Enderuni (d. 1810); verso: Man dressed in European costume; recto: text, Describing the qualities of the people of Rum

Object Details

• Author

  Huseyin Fazil Beg (ca. 1757-1810)

• Description

  Detached folio from a Hubanname (The book of the fair) by Fazyl bin Tahil Enderuni; Turkish in black nasta'liq script with red heading in Persian; recto: text: Describing the qualities of the people of Rum, two columns, twelve lines; verso: illustration and text: Man dressed in European costume, two columns, five lines.

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

• Provenance

  English collection [1]

  To 1999

  Spink & Son Ltd., London, to 1999

  From 1999

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from Spink & Son, Ltd. in 1999

  Notes:

  [1] According to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Shahzia Sikander Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection (March 6 to August 31, 2009)

  The Eye of the Courtier: Indian and Islamic Works of Art (October 11 to November 12, 1999)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Spink & Son Ltd. (established 1666)

• Origin

  Istanbul, Turkey

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1770s, 1780s

• Name

  Spink & Son Ltd.

• Place

  Istanbul

• Topic

  Foreigner, Art, Ottoman period (1307 - 1922), Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims, Turks

• Object Type

  Manuscripts