Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: illustration: Bahram Gur in the yellow pavilion on Sunday; verso: text

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Object Details

Calligrapher

Murshid al-Shirazi

Description

Folio from the Haft paykar in the Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: illustration: Bahram Gur in the yellow pavilion on Sunday; verso: text: 4 columns, 19 lines; from the manuscript F1908.199.

Binding: The folio is bound with the rest of the manuscript in brown leather over paper pasteboards with doublures of cream-colored paper.

Provenance

To 1908

Tabbagh Frères, Paris, to 1908 [1]

From 1908 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tabbagh Frères, Paris, through the Bauer-Folsom Company, New York, in 1908 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See List of Persian Books and Paintings, S.I. 1592, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. In 1932, F1908.259-.284 were separated from F1908.199 and given their current numbers.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Collection

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History

Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)

Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)

Untitled Exhibition, Persian Paintings and Ceramics (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

Previous custodian or owner

Tabbagh Frères (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Date

1548 (955 A.H.)

Period

Safavid period

Accession Number

F1908.272

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Manuscript

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

H x W (overall): 30.9 x 19.6 cm (12 3/16 x 7 11/16 in)

Origin

Shiraz, Fars, Iran

On View

West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 04: Engaging the Senses

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

music

Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

pavilion

tambourine

fiddle

Iran

princess

Bahram Gur

Arts of the Islamic World

Charles Lang Freer collection

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