- Provenance
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Charles Vignier (1863-1934), Paris, France. [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. 402.
[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.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Henri Vever 1854-1942
Charles Vignier 1863-1934
Francois Mautin 1907-2003
- Description
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Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; text: Persian in white thuluth script outlined in black and black naskh script; recto: left-hand half of a double-page illumination, detached from the facing folio (S1986.110), one column, 10 lines; verso: text: Discourse in praise of wisdom, The creation of the world and the nature of man, four columns, 22 lines; one of a group of 12 folios. Patron: Qiwam al-Dawla wa'-Din
Border: The recto and verso are set in red, blue and black rulings mounted on cream-colored paper.
- Inscription(s)
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Illuminated shamsa: The book of Shahnama; from the sayings of the king of wisdom, the sultan of poets, Abu'l-Qasim Muhammad al-Firdawsi al-Tusi, peace be upon him. At the end of the auspicious month of God, Ramadan, may its glory extend to all, the year seven hundred and forty-one of the Hegira [A.D. February 1341]. Mercy and peace of God upon Muhammad and his descendants, the good and pure, all of them.
- Published References
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- Glenn D. Lowry, Milo Cleveland Beach, Elisabeth West FitzHugh, Susan Nemanzee, Janet Snyder. An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection. Washington and Seattle. cat. 77, p. 70.
- Henry Corbin, Paul Pelliot, Eustache de Lorey. Les Arts de l'Iran, l'ancienne Perse, et Bagdad. Paris. cat. 21.2, p. 141.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
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