Whistler (Safir), Sea Bird (Ta'ir al-Bahr), Peacock (Ta'wa'us), from Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini

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Object Details

Author

Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (1203-1283)

Provenance

To 1945

Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre (1865-1945). [1]

To 1954

Mme. Maria Sarre, Ascona, Switzerland. [2]

From 1954

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Paul Kempner, New York on behalf of Mme. Maria Sarre, Ascona, Switzerland. [3]

Notes:

[1] Object file F1954.33-114, undated folder sheet note 2. “The manuscript was originally acquired by Prof. Friedrich Sarre in Algiers”.

[2] Object file F1954.33-114, undated folder sheet note 1. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

[3] See note 2. See also invoice dated July 22, 1954 and correspondences between Dr. Paul Kempner and the Freer Gallery, dated July 21, 1954; copies in object file.

Collection

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History

Collection of Friedrich and Maria Sarre (1932)

Previous custodian or owner

Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre (1865-1945)

Mme. Maria Sarre (1875-1971)

Credit Line

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Date

early 15th century

Accession Number

F1954.103

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Manuscript

Medium

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 32.7 x 22.4 cm (12 7/8 x 8 13/16 in)

Origin

Iraq or Eastern Turkey

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

peacock

falcon

naskh script

sparrow

Turkey

Iraq

partridge

Wonders of Creation

Arts of the Islamic World

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