Label:FS-7370_39
Title:Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: left-hand half of a double-page illumination; verso: text: Discourse in praise of wisdom, The creation of the world and the nature of man
Patron:Qiwam al-Dawla wa'l-Din
Medium:Ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions:H x W: 36 x 29.4 cm (14 3/16 x 11 9/16 in)
Previous custodian or owner:Henri Vever (1854-1942), Charles Vignier (1863-1934), Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)
Provenance: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.
Origin:Shiraz, Iran
Credit Line:Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Date:February 1341 (Ramadan 741 A.H.)
Period:Mongol period
Type:Manuscript
Topic:Shahnama, Mongol period (1220 - 1380), Iran, Arts of the Islamic World, Henri Vever collection, Inju dynasty (1335 - 1357)
Attribution:Smithsonian Institution
