Object Details
- Author
- Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (1203-1283)
- Label
- Cetus and Orion are among the 15 constellations attributed to the southern hemisphere by al-Qazvini. Cetus, "The Whale," has 22 stars in its constellation and resembles an animal facing east. Orion, also known as Gemini, is composed of 38 stars and looks like a man who holds a stick in his hand and has a sword suspended from his waist.
- 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
- Wonders of Creation, Oddities of Existence: An Exhibition in Celebration of Halley's Comet (February 28, 1986 to October 27, 1986)
- Near Eastern Ceramics (May 14, 1981 to May 10, 1985)
- Art of the Arab World (May 8, 1975 to August 20, 1977)
- 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
- early 15th century
- Accession Number
- F1954.46
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Manuscript
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, gold and silver on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (recto sea monster): 9 × 12.8 cm (3 9/16 × 5 1/16 in)
- Origin
- Iraq or Eastern Turkey
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- astronomy
- naskh script
- Turkey
- Iraq
- star
- constellation
- Canis Major
- Cetus
- Eridanus
- Lepus
- Orion
- Wonders of Creation
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Record ID
- fsg_F1954.46
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye38daa8f24-1623-4bfd-be10-159e16fef6d3
