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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.246
People
Calligraphy by Malik al-Vahab Mustafa Rafai, Persian
Title
Calligrapher's License, folio from an album
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
1722
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215379

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
19.9 x 29.5 cm (7 13/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sotheby's, London, 3 May 1977, lot 109], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1977, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.246
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR, 1979), page 100-101/figure 63

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