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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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 1935

Emile Tabbagh, Paris, France. [1]

1935

Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Collection de Monsieur Emile Tabbagh, May 20-21, 1935, no. 161. [2]

From 1935 to 1942

Henri 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 1986

Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [4]

From 1986

Arthur 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 Drouot

Emile Tabbagh (1879-80-1933)

François Mautin (1907-2003)

Credit Line

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

Date

1520-1530

Period

Safavid period

Accession Number

S1986.208

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Manuscript

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 30.8 x 18 cm (12 1/8 x 7 1/16 in)

Origin

Shiraz, Iran

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

Shahnama

dancing

Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

percussion instrument

harp

Iran

king

Bahram Gur

Arts of the Islamic World

Henri Vever collection

dancer

Barzin

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