Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: text: he creation of the world, he creation of man, the creation of the sun and moon; verso: text: he Prophet Muhammad, the compilation of the Shahnama, the poet Daqiqi

FS-7421_01

Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: text: he creation of the world, he creation of man, the creation of the sun and moon; verso: text: he Prophet Muhammad, the compilation of the Shahnama, the poet Daqiqi

Qiwam al-Dawla wa'l-Din

Ink and gold on paper

H x W: 36.1 x 29.1 cm (14 3/16 x 11 7/16 in)

Henri Vever (1854-1942)

Charles Vignier (1863-1934)

Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)

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.

Shiraz, Iran

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

February 1341 (Ramadan 741 A.H.)

Mongol period

Manuscript

Shahnama

illumination

Mongol period (1220 - 1380)

Iran

Arts of the Islamic World

Henri Vever collection

epic

Inju dynasty (1335 - 1357)

Smithsonian Institution