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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1950.136
Title
Calligraphy Exercise, folio from an album
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
16th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216107

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
32.4 x 21.6 cm (12 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Grace Nichols Strong, Francis H. Burr and Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Funds
Accession Year
1950
Object Number
1950.136
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Anthony Welch, Calligraphy in the Arts of the Muslim World, University of Tennessee Press (Austin, TX, 1979), page 144/figure 58

Exhibition History

  • Calligraphy in the Arts of the Muslim World, Asia House, 01/11/1979 - 03/11/1979; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 04/17/1979 - 05/27/1979; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 06/28/1979 - 08/12/1979; Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 09/14/1979 - 10/28/1979
  • Transformations: Asia East and West, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/19/1992 - 02/14/1993

Verification Level

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