Formerly from the Byramji J. & Shirinbai B.Moos Mistry Family Collection, Hyderabad & Mumbai; thereafter inherited by their eldest son Pestonji Byramji Mistry; by descent to his son Cyrus P. Mistry, who worked as the personal assistant to Honourable Justice S.N. Variava during the 1990s before his retirement. Byramji J. Mistry (1851-1938) was in the service of the Nizam of Hyderabad between 1918 & 1929. During the 1920s to 1940s many artworks and antiquities were purchased by the Mistry family towards building their collection.