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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.203
People
Calligraphy by `Ali Riza 'Abbasi, Persian
Title
Quotations from the Hadikat al-Hakika of Sana'i, folio from an album
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Hada'iq al-haqa'iq
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
17th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215220

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
folio: 23.5 x 13.8 cm (9 1/4 x 5 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, Urdu: fragment of Urdu text

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
1958.203
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Anthony Welch, Shah 'Abbas and the Arts of Isfahan, exh. cat., Asia Society Museum (New York, NY, 1973), page 122/figure 87

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