Object Details
Provenance
From ca. 1960 to 2011
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Tehran, Iran and Geneva, Switzerland. [1]
From 2011 to 2014
Abolala Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland, gift of his mother, Ezzat-Malek Soudavar. [2]
From 2014
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Abolala Soudavar in 2014. [3]
Notes:
[1] According to Abolala Soudavar, his mother amassed most of her collection during the 1960s and 1970s. Around 1980, Ezzat-Malek Soudavar moved her collection for safekeeping to Geneva, Switzerland, in a bank safe deposit that she had. On March 24, 2011, Ezzat-Malek Soudavar formally gave the collection to her son, Abolala Soudavar. This information was provided by Abolala Soudavar in 2013. See letter from Abolala Soudavar dated Nov. 30, 2013, copy in object file, Collections Management Office. The collection remained in Geneva until its arrival at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC
[2] See note 1.
[3] See Deed of Gift, original in object file, Collections Management Office.
Collection
National Museum of Asian Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (Iranian, 1913-2014)
Abolala Soudavar (born 1945)
Credit Line
Gift of A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar
Date
ca. 1850
Period
Qajar period
Accession Number
S2014.17.16
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Manuscript
Medium
Ink, color, and gold on paper (text); Watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard (cover)
Dimensions
H x W x D (closed): 9.5 × 6.1 × 0.6 cm (3 3/4 × 2 3/8 × 1/4 in)
Origin
Iran
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National Museum of Asian Art
Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
lacquer
poetry
Qajar period (1779 - 1925)
Iran
Arts of the Islamic World
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_S2014.17.16