Label:FS-7357_29
Title:Folio from a Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492); verso: Potiphar and Zulaykha enthroned; recto: text
Medium:Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:H x W: 28 x 18.8 cm (11 x 7 3/8 in)
Previous custodian or owner:Henri Vever (1854-1942), Hotel Drouot, Moussa, Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)
Provenance:To at least 1922, Moussa, Tehran, Iran. [1], 1922, Sale, Paris, Ho^tel Drouot, Objets d'art Anciens de la Perse, May 5-6, 1922, no. 113. [2], To 1942, Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France. [3], From 1942 to 1986, Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [4], From 1986, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [5], Notes:, [1] The object was in the collection of Moussa (M.J.M) until 1922 when it was published in the auction catalogue, Objets d'art anciens de la Perse, May 5-6, 1922. 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. 404., [2] See note 1., [3] See note 1., [4] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office., [5] See note 4.
Origin:Khurasan, Iran
Credit Line:Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Date:circa 1575
Period:Safavid period
Type:Manuscript
Topic:Safavid period (1501 - 1722), zither, percussion instrument, Yusuf, Zulaykha, Iran, Arts of the Islamic World, Henri Vever collection
Attribution:Smithsonian Institution