Shamsa from the Late Shahjahan Album

Mughal Court Mughal School From at least 1912 Comtesse de Béarn. [1] To 1942 Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France. [2] From 1942 to 1986 Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [3] From 1986 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [4] Notes: [1] The object is documented as having appeared in the collection of "Mme la Comtesse de Béarn" by at least 1912, 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. 400. [2] See note 1. [3] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office. [4] See note 3. Arthur M. Sackler Collection Worlds within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran (July 28 to September 16, 2012) Gold: The Asian Touch (September 10, 2005 to February 20, 2006) The Jewel and the Rose: Art of Shah Jahan (May 4, 1997 to January 25, 1998) Crushed Lapis and Burnished Gold: The Art of Illumination (June 9 to December 8, 1991) The Here and the Hereafter: Images of Paradise in Islamic Art (1991-1992) A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989) Henri Vever (1854-1942) Comtesse de Béarn Francois Mautin (1907-2003)