- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2006.195.1-4
- People
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Wasma'a Chorbachi (Cairo, Egypt 1944 -)
- Title
- The Mystery of Supplication
- Classification
- Architectural Elements
- Work Type
- architectural element
- Date
- 1993
- Culture
- Iraqi
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/330953
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- T1 stoneware with incised and pressed decoration, gloss glazed, medium range electric firing to cone 7-8
- Dimensions
- 35.56 cm (14 in.)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift in honor of Mary Anderson McWilliams
- Copyright
- Wasma © 1993
- Accession Year
- 2006
- Object Number
- 2006.195.1-4
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- "The Mystery of Supplication" is a set of modular tiles which can be arranged in any number of ways to create a composition that combines a beautiful arabesque with an inscription. The inscription reproduces the Muslim profession of faith, followed by formulaic praise. Written in a fluid and inventive thuluth script, the inscription translates as: "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of God. All praise be to Allah."
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