Label:FS-S1986.142.2_001
Title:Folio from an unidentified text; recto: A prince enthroned surrounded by attendants; verso: gold and blue rulings
Medium:Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
Dimensions:H x W: 21.7 x 12.9 cm (8 9/16 x 5 1/16 in)
Previous custodian or owner:Henri Vever (1854-1942), Georges Demotte (1877-1923), Victor Goloubew, Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933), Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)
Provenance: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.
Origin:Herat, Afghanistan
Credit Line:Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Date:circa 1425-1430
Type:Manuscript
Topic:Afghanistan, prince, Arts of the Islamic World, attendant, Henri Vever collection
Attribution:Smithsonian Institution