ManuscriptsPersian15th century
Acquisition note of Basile B. Corpi and the right half of the double-page illuminated frontispiece (acquisition note of Basile B. Corpi recto and illumination verso of folio 2) from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami
1489
Provenance
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market.
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