Anthology

FS-7340_13

Anthology

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

H x W: 23 x 14.5 cm (9 1/16 x 5 11/16 in)

Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

To 1907

Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914), London, to 1907 [1]

From 1907 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna in 1907 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original List of Persian Miniatures and Manuscripts, Miscellaneous section, S.I. 1587, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 1, Tara Desjardins, July 23, 2004, in the object record, which states: "Bought at Columbo."

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

probably Shiraz, Iran

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

F1907.275

late 15th century, repainted in India

Turkmen period

Manuscript

hunting

Turkmen period (1378 - 1508)

poetry

Aq Qoyunlu dynasty (1378 - 1501)

illumination

Iran

Arts of the Islamic World

Smithsonian Institution