Object Details
- Calligrapher
- Ahmad al-Husayni al-Mashhadi
- Description
- Manuscript; Bustan (Orchard) by Sa'di; Persian in black and gold nasta'liq script; 46 folios with 1 sarlawh (folio 1 verso), 1 dated colophon (folio 46 recto), 2 paintings (fols.4, and 14 recto), and illuminated headings; inscriptions: fols. 14, 17, 46, 53 recto; standard page: 4 columns, 21 lines of text.
- Binding: The manuscript is bound in Turkish red leather over paper pasteboards with gold tooling on the exterior covers and doublures of marbled paper. The envelop flap has a border of multiple fillets with a scalloped medallion at the tip of the flap.
- Inscriptions
- Fols. 14, 17 recto: on doorways: "oh bestower; oh opener of the gates."
- Fols. 14, 17 recto: on doorways: "oh bestower; oh opener of the gates."
- Provenance
- To 1912
- Arsène Aftandil. [1]
- From 1912 to 1942
- Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Arsène Aftandil on June 22, 1912. [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. 399. See also Glen D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 2: Ledger of Acquisitions, 1894 and 1907-17" in A Jeweler’s Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 232.
- [2] See note 1.
- [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
- Exhibition History
- Le Chant du monde: L'Art de l'Iran safavide, 1501-1736 (October 05, 2007 to January 07, 2008)
- Love and Yearning: Mystical and Moral Themes in Persian Painting (August 30, 2003 to February 22, 2004)
- Crushed Lapis and Burnished Gold: The Art of Illumination (June 9 to December 8, 1991)
- Variations on a Script: Islamic Calligraphy from the Vever Collection (February 18 to September 16, 1990)
- A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989)
- International Exhibition of Persian Art (January 7 to March 7, 1931)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Henri Vever (1854-1942)
- Arsène Aftandil
- Francois Mautin (1907-2003)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- 1525 (931 A.H.)
- Period
- Safavid period
- Accession Number
- S1986.36
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Manuscript
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 26.9 x 17.6 cm (10 9/16 x 6 15/16 in)
- Origin
- 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
- marbling
- Safavid period (1501 - 1722)
- Bustan
- Iran
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Henri Vever collection
- Record ID
- fsg_S1986.36
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3a4a1889e-f322-47ca-b615-c8dce33c04c0
