Label:FS-7348_20
Title:Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: illustration: Bahram Gur visits the princess in the white pavilion; verso: text
Medium:Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:H x W: 31.1 x 19.7 cm (12 1/4 x 7 3/4 in)
Previous custodian or owner:Tabbagh Frères (C.L. Freer source), Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Provenance:To 1908, Tabbagh Frères, Paris, to 1908 [1], From 1908 to 1919, Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tabbagh Frères, Paris, through the Bauer-Folsom Company, New York, in 1908 [2], From 1920, Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3], Notes:, [1] See List of Persian Books and Paintings, S.I. 1592, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. In 1932, F1908.259-.284 were separated from F1908.199 and given their current numbers., [2] See note 1., [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Origin:Shiraz, Iran
Credit Line:Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date:1548 (955 A.H.)
Period:Safavid period
Type:Manuscript
Topic:Safavid period (1501 - 1722), poetry, pavilion, Iran, princess, Bahram Gur, Arts of the Islamic World
Attribution:Smithsonian Institution
