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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.257
Title
Inscription in Tughra Form
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy
Date
17th-18th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215879

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink on paper mounted on wood panel
Dimensions
25.4 x 37.5 cm (10 x 14 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Hotel Drouot, Paris, 28 April 1972, lot 171], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1972, 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
1985.257
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 129-130/figure 83

Verification Level

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