Label:FS-8091_18
Title:Makhzan al-asrar (Treasury of secrets) by Haydar Khwarazmi (d.1414?)
Medium:Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: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)
Previous custodian or owner:Henri Vever (1854-1942), Reiza Khan Monif, Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)
Provenance: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.
Origin:Khurasan, Iran (present-day Afghanistan)
Credit Line:Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Date:1577-78 ? (985 A.H. ?)
Period:Safavid period
Type:Manuscript
Topic:Safavid period (1501 - 1722), nasta'liq script, Iran, Arts of the Islamic World, Henri Vever collection
Attribution:Smithsonian Institution