Suwaru-l-kawakib (Description of the Fixed Stars) by 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (incomplete)
date: label: Date
content: 16th century
label: Period
content: Safavid period
notes: label: Provenance
content: Before 1890
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content: Ownership information unknown
label: Provenance
content: By 1890-1907
label: Provenance
content: Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914), method of acquisition unknown [1]
label: Provenance
content: 1907-1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna [2]
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content: From 1920
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content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer [3]
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content: Notes:
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content: [1] See “Catalogue of Indo-Persian Pictures and Manuscripts, Principally of the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries by Native Artists, Collected by H. B. Hanna” [book], (London: Dowdeswell and Dowdeswells, 1890).
label: Provenance
content: Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914) was an officer in the British military and a collector of Indian paintings. Born in Petersfield, Hampshire, England, Hanna’s family later moved to London, where he was baptized in 1851. Beginning in 1857, Hanna served as a commissioned officer in the Indian Army and retired with the rank of Colonel in 1889. After his retirement, he resided in London and Petersfield with his younger sisters. According to Hanna, he began collecting Indian paintings around the time of the Indian Rebellion (1857-1859). See letter from Henry Bathurst Hanna to Charles Lang Freer, dated April 10, 1908 [sic, 1907], p. 3, Box 17, Folder No. 10, Charles Lang Freer Papers, National Museum of Asian Art Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See Charles Lang Freer art voucher no. 24, “For a collection of Indo-Persian pictures and manuscripts” from H. B. Hanna of Heathmere, Petersfield, Hants. [Hampshire], England, from October 1907, Box 114, Folder No. 12, Charles Lang Freer Papers, National Museum of Asian Art Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., copy in object file.
label: Provenance
content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
label: Provenance
content: Research updated April 19, 2024
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Probably Iran
topic: label: Topic
content: fish
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content: bull
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content: Safavid period (1501 - 1722)
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content: astronomy
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content: crab
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content: naskh script
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content: Iran
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content: Andromeda
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content: Aquila
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content: Argo Navis
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content: Canis Major
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content: Canis Minor
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content: Cassiopeia
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content: Centaurus
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content: Corona Austrina
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content: Corvus
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content: Crater
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content: Delphinus
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content: Equuleus
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content: Lepus
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content: Ophiuchus
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content: Orion
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content: Pegasus
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content: Perseus
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content: Piscis Austrinus
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content: Sagitta
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content: Triangulum
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content: Aries
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content: Cancer
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content: Capricorn
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content: Gemini
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content: Leo
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content: Pisces
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content: Sagittarius
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content: Scorpio
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content: Taurus
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content: Libra
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content: Virgo
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content: Aquarius
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content: virgin
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content: globe
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content: Arts of the Islamic World
label: Topic
content: zodiac
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
label: Topic
content: ram
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1907.626
objectType: label: Type
content: Manuscript
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 23.9 x 14.4 cm (9 7/16 x 5 11/16 in)