Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); Shahru identifies Burzu as Rustam's grandson during the final combat between Rustam and Burzu
Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; Shahru identifies Burzu as Rustam's grandson during the final combat between Rustam and Burzu; one of a group of three folios. The painting is mounted on to a board.
Provenance:
Arthur Sambon (1867-1947), Paris, France. [1]
To 1913
Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947), Paris, France. [2]
From 1913 to 1942
Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Léonce Rosenberg on May 26, 1913. [3]
From 1942 to 1986
Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [4]
From 1986
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [5]
Notes:
[1] See Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 7: Chart of Recent Provenance" in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Glenn D. Lowry et al (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 404.
[2] See note 1.
[3] See Glen D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 2: Ledger of Acquisitions, 1894 and 1907-17" in A Jeweler’s Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 233.
[4] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.
