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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.161.1
Title
Folio 1 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Folio from a Qur’an: Sura 1 (recto); Crown imperial (fritillaria imperialis) (verso)
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
19th century
Period
Qajar period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/98381

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and red inks, watercolor, and gold on off-white paper (recto); Watercolor on off-white wove paper, toned orange-pink wash (verso)
Dimensions
Folio: 32.5 x 22 cm
Recto: sheet inside red border: 20 x 13.2 cm
Verso: sheet: 14.5 x 8.8 cm

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.161.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • David Roxburgh, ed., An Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), pp. 17-18, 23, 45, 110; folios 1a-b

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