Folio from aShahnama(Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Bijan hunts boars; recto: text, Bijan proceeds to fight the boars

Object Details

Description: Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: text: Bijan proceeds to fight the boars, heading in gold, four column, eighteen lines; verso: illustration and text: Bijan hunts boars.; Border: The text is set in gold, black, and blue rulings on cream-colored paper; the painting has occupied the full width of the ruled surface.
Provenance: Unidentified sale, no. 280. [1]; To 1942; Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France. [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] 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 the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.; [3] See note 2.; [4] See note 2.
Collection: Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Previous custodian or owner: Henri Vever (1854-1942); Francois Mautin (1907-2003)

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

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Topic: Shahnama; hunting; boar; Safavid period (1501 - 1722); Bijan; Iran; Arts of the Islamic World; Henri Vever collection; epic

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