Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); Khusraw Parviz seated on the Takht-i Taqdis

Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi, Khusraw Parviz seated on the Takht-i taqdis; one of a group of three folios. The painting was cut from the text and mounted on a board. 1912 Arthur Sambon (1867-1947), Paris, France. [1] From at least 1913 Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947), Paris, France. [2] To at least 1931 Octave Homberg, Paris, France. [3] 1931 Sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Collection de Octave Homberg, 3-5 June, 1931, no. 102. [4] To 1942 Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France. [5] From 1942 to 1986 Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [6] From 1986 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [7] 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. According to the publication, it was an ex-collection of Arthur Sambon. See Ricci, Seymour de, Catalogue d’une Collection de Miniatures Gothiques et Persanes Appartenant à Léonce Rosenberg (Paris: Montassier et Odend’hal, 1913), p. 42, no. 136. [2] At the time of the publication of Ricci, Seymour de, Catalogue d’une Collection de Miniatures Gothiques et Persanes Appartenant à Léonce Rosenberg (Paris: Montassier et Odend’hal, 1913), the manuscript folio was in the collection of Léonce Rosenburg. [3] 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. [4] See auction catalogue from Galerie Georges Petit, Catalogue des tableaux anciens, objets d'art et de haute curiosite´ europe´ens et orientaux, objets d'extre^me-Orient, meubles et sie`ges, sculptures et bronzes du XVIIIe sie`cle, composant la collection de Octave Homberg, no. 102, p. 51. [5] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office. [6] See note 5. [7] See note 5. Arthur M. Sackler Collection A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989) Henri Vever (1854-1942) Octave Homberg Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947) Arthur Sambon (1867-1947) Francois Mautin (1907-2003)