Page of calligraphy

Object Details

• Calligrapher

  signed by Muhammad Zaman Tabrizi

• Description

  Detached album folio: Page of calligraphy; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; quatrain arranged in four diagonal lines from the Divan of Hafiz; corners embellished with triangular illuminated panels; signed by Muhammad Zaman al-Tabrizi.

  Border: The text is set in gold and black rulings with a gold floral scroll inner frame and a blue, red, green and gold outer frame, mounted on a paperboard with gold floral and geometric motifs.

• Inscriptions

  Triangular panel, bottom left: "Muhammad Zaman al-Tabrizi."

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Calligraphy

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1600s, 1690s

• Name

  Tabrizi, Muhammad Zaman

• Topic

  Art, Henri Vever collection, Arts of the Islamic World, Quatrain

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)