Bound folio; one of a pair of illuminated pages from a bound volume of a juz' of the Qur'an; folio is paired with the facing folio F1934.25; one of a group of 4 bound folios (F1934.25-28) from the manuscript (F 1934.24a-l).
Provenance:
To 1934
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York. [1]
From 1934
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York. [2]
Notes:
[1] See undated folder sheet note, object file, Collections Management Office. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.
[2] See note 1.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (October 22, 2016 to February 20, 2017)
Islamic Manuscript Illumination (January 23, 1984 to December 10, 1984)
Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)
Near Eastern Art (June 15, 1973 to May 7, 1975)
2500 Years of Persian Art—Calligraphy (February 10, 1972 to June 15, 1973)
Near Eastern Art--Calligraphy (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)
Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947)
