Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (died 1209); verso: text and illustration: Bahram Gur and the Princess in the Black Pavilion; recto: text

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: text: nineteen lines; verso: illustration and text: Bahram Gur and the princess in the black pavilion; one of a group of two folios.

• Provenance

  To 1913

  Georges Tabbagh, Paris, France. [1]

  From 1913 to 1942

  Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Georges Tabbagh, Paris, France on November 22, 1913. [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 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. 405.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] 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. 235.

  [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

• Exhibition History

  The Art of Painting a Story: Narrative Images from Iran (December 22, 1991 to May 10, 1992)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Henri Vever (1854-1942)

  Georges Tabbagh (b. ca. 1870)

  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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• Name

  Mautin, Francois Albert, Vever, Henri, Tabbagh, Georges

• Place

  Shiraz

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Pavilion, Art, Percussion instrument, Princess, Henri Vever collection, Khamsa, Arts of the Islamic World, Bahram Gur, Lute

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts