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Catalog Data

Medium:
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 43.5 x 28.6 cm (17 1/8 x 11 1/4 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Iran
Date:
18th-19th century
Period:
Qajar period
Description:
A page of illumination with a blank, gold cartouche title-band and a blank oval panel.
Border: The illuminated folio is set in cream-colored paper.
Provenance:
To 1908
Joseph Cohen, Cairo, Egypt, to 1908 [1]
From 1908 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Joseph Cohen in 1908 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See List of Persian Manuscripts and Miniatures, pg. 109, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[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
Previous custodian or owner:
Joseph Cohen (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
Qajar period (1779 - 1925)  Search this
illumination  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1908.231
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye39bccd8e9-2773-41c1-9a62-d0a82aeb9e1c
EDAN-URL:
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