Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); frontispiece
Object Details
- Description
- Double-page frontispiece in a copy of Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; text: Persian in gold nasta'liq script; Belonged to the manuscript F1908.199.
- Binding: The manuscript is bound in brown leather over paper pasteboards with doublures of cream-colored paper.
- 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.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)
- Art of the Court of Shah Tahmasp (December 16, 1979 to August 14, 1980)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Tabbagh Frères (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1548 (955 A.H.)
- Period
- Safavid period
- Accession Number
- F1908.259.1-2
- Calligrapher
- Murshid al-Shirazi
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Manuscript
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 30.9 x 18.3 cm (12 3/16 x 7 3/16 in)
- Origin
- Shiraz, Iran
- On View
- Freer Gallery 04: Engaging the Senses
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- Safavid period (1501 - 1722)
- Khamsa
- nasta'liq script
- illumination
- Iran
- Arts of the Islamic World
- frontispiece
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1908.259.1-2
