Detached folio from the Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handasiya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices, known as the "Automata") by al-Jazari; text: Arabic in black naskhi script; recto: illustration and text, Container for dispensing wine, 8 lines; verso: text, A container constructed to dispense a combination of four different wines, one column, 21 lines; one of a group of eight folios.
Provenance:
To 1930
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York to 1930 [1]
From 1930
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1930 [2]
Notes:
[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
[2] See note 1.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)
Art of the Arab World (August 15, 1980 to May 13, 1981)
Art of the Arab World (May 8, 1975 to August 20, 1977)
Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)
Near Eastern Art—Paintings, Metalwork (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)
Untitled Exhibition, Persian Manuscripts (May 5, 1933 to September 22, 1947)
Untitled Exhibition, Persian Art (March 14, 1931 to May 5, 1933)
