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FS-S1986.142.2_001

Folio from an unidentified text; recto: A prince enthroned surrounded by attendants; verso: gold and blue rulings

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

H x W: 21.7 x 12.9 cm (8 9/16 x 5 1/16 in)

Henri Vever (1854-1942)

Georges Demotte (1877-1923)

Victor Goloubew

Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933)

Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)

To at least 1912

Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933). [1]

Victor Goloubew (1878-1914). [2]

To 1913

Georges Demotte (1877-1923), Paris, France. [3]

From 1913 to 1942

Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Georges Demotte, Paris, France on December 12, 1913. [4]

From 1942 to 1986

Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [5]

From 1986

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [6]

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. 404, no. S1986.0143.

[2] See note 1.

[3] See note 1.

[4] See note 1. 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. 235.

[5] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.

[6] See note 5.

Herat, Afghanistan

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

circa 1425-1430

Manuscript

Afghanistan

prince

Arts of the Islamic World

attendant

Henri Vever collection

Smithsonian Institution