Label:FS-7371_14
Title:Folio from a Majma' al-tavarikh (Compendium of chronicles) by Hafiz-i Abru (died 1430); recto: Jesus and Sam; verso: text
Medium:Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:H x W: 42.9 x 33.3 cm (16 7/8 x 13 1/8 in)
Previous custodian or owner:Henri Vever (1854-1942), Hotel Drouot, Emile Tabbagh (1879-80 - 1933), Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)
Provenance:To at least 1935, Emile Tabbagh, Paris, France. [1], 1935, Sale, Paris, Ho^tel Drouot, Collection de Monsieur Emile Tabbagh, May 20-21, 1935, no. 144. [2], From 1935 to 1942, Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased at the Sale, Paris, Ho^tel Drouot, Collection de Monsieur Emile Tabbagh, May 21, 1935. [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 Emile Tabbagh of New York and Paris, France by 1935 when it was published in the auction catalogue, Collection de M. Emile Tabbagh: Art Oriental. Paris, May 20-21, 1935. 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. 403., [2] See note 1., [3] See note 1. See also Glenn D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, 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. 35., [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:Herat, Historic Iran, present-day Afghanistan
Credit Line:Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Date:ca.1426
Period:Timurid period
Type:Manuscript
Topic:Timurid period (1378 - 1506), Jesus Christ, Afghanistan, Sam, Arts of the Islamic World, history, Henri Vever collection
Attribution:Smithsonian Institution