Calligraphy from the Late Shahjahan Album

Album folio; Page of calligraphy from the late Shah Jahan album; right-hand half of a double-page composition, text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; four diagonal hemistiches; inscribed to Mir Ali; corner embellished with triangular illumination. Border: The central panel is set in green rulings followed by a calligraphic border containing Persian verses and an outer frame of geometric, animal, and bird motifs mounted on a brown paperboard. Bottom page cartouche, "Poor, sinful Ali." From at least 1912 Georges Marteau. [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] 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. 401. [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) Arts of Mughal India (2004) (August 21, 2004 to February 6, 2005) Other Worldly Visions: Persian and Indian Paintings from the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (March 27, 1998 to May 10, 1998) The Jewel and the Rose: Art of Shah Jahan (May 4, 1997 to January 25, 1998) A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989) Persian and Indian Painting - Selections from a Recent Acquisition (September 28, 1987 to February 28, 1988) Henri Vever (1854-1942) Georges Marteau Francois Mautin (1907-2003)