O Everlasting! [Sino-Islamic scroll with one of the 99 names of Allah written in Arabic calligraphy]

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 33.2004
Title: O Everlasting! [Sino-Islamic scroll with one of the 99 names of Allah written in Arabic calligraphy]
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Ya Baqi!
Classification: Calligraphy
Work Type: calligraphy
Date: 20th century
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/70462

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: 68.5 x 34.5 cm (26 15/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Reverend Claude L. Pickens Jr. (1900-1985), Collection of Muslims in China; Loan from the Harvard-Yenching Library. 2004/

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from Harvard-Yenching Library
Object Number: 33.2004
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Marika Sardar, ed., Image? The Power of the Visual, exh. cat., The Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, 2022), pp. 30-31, cat. 2

Exhibition History

Image?, The Aga Khan Museum, 04/09/2022 - 09/04/2022

Verification Level

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33.2004: O Everlasting! [Sino-Islamic scroll with one of the 99 names of Allah written in Arabic calligraphy]