Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: Bahram Gur and the princess in the red pavilion; verso: text

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Description

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

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

Provenance

From at least 1913

Claude Anet (1868-1931), Paris, from at least 1913 [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 January 18, 1913. 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. 408.

[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), p. 226, no. 255.

[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

L'Age d'or des sciences arabes (October 25, 2005 to March 19, 2006)

Previous custodian or owner

Claude Anet (1868-1931)

Henri Vever (1854-1942)

François Mautin (1907-2003)

Credit Line

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

Date

circa 1560

Period

Safavid period

Accession Number

S1986.283

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Manuscript

Medium

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 29.5 x 17 cm (11 5/8 x 6 11/16 in)

Origin

Astarabad, Iran

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

Khamsa

pavilion

tambourine

harp

kemanche

santur

Iran

princess

Bahram Gur

musician

Arts of the Islamic World

Henri Vever collection

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