برگی مذهب از مخزن‌الاسرار حیدر خوارزمی

FS-8091_18

Makhzan al-asrar (Treasury of secrets) by Haydar Khwarazmi (d.1414?)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

H x W x D (closed): 33.1 x 21 x 2.1 cm (13 1/16 x 8 1/4 x 13/16 in)

Henri Vever (1854-1942)

Reiza Khan Monif

Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)

To 1908

Reza Khan Monif, Paris, France. [1]

From 1908 to 1942

Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Reza Khan Monif, Paris, France on April 9, 1908. [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. 400. 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. 229.

[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.

Khurasan, Iran (present-day Afghanistan)

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

1577-78 ? (985 A.H. ?)

Safavid period

Manuscript

Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

nasta'liq script

Iran

Arts of the Islamic World

Henri Vever collection

Smithsonian Institution