Object Details
- Description
- Manuscript; Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; headings in red and blue; 269 folios with 4 sarlawhs (1 verso, 39 verso,105 verso, 192 verso) and 13 paintings; inscriptions (fols. 104 verso, 269 verso); standard page: 2 columns, 17 lines and 1 marginal column with 32 lines.
- Binding: The manuscript is in a nineteenth-century lacquer- painted binding. The doublures are of paper, decorated with floral motifs on a red ground.
- Inscriptions
- Fol. 104 verso, "the book was finished with the help of the munificent Lord in the month of Rajab of the year [A.H.] 1055 [A.D. August 1645]."
- Fol. 104 verso, "the book was finished with the help of the munificent Lord in the month of Rajab of the year [A.H.] 1055 [A.D. August 1645]."
- Provenance
- Unidentified sale, no. 68 [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] 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. 412.
- [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), pp. 236-239, no. 272.
- [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
- 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
- 1645 (1055 A.H.)
- Period
- Safavid period
- Accession Number
- S1986.483
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Manuscript
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 21.2 x 11.5 cm (8 3/8 x 4 1/2 in)
- Origin
- Isfahan, Iran
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- music
- Safavid period (1501 - 1722)
- pavilion
- Iran
- princess
- Bahram Gur
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Henri Vever collection
- Record ID
- fsg_S1986.483
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d96faa5b-3e57-4a5c-abf6-8f7034938ff4
