Composite page of calligraphy

Object Details

• Description

  Detached album folio; Page of calligraphies; text: Persian and Turkish in black and red nasta'liq script; central panel contains quatrains arranged in four diagonal lines, corners embellished with triangular illuminated panels; the sides are divided into several horizontal panels with verses.

  Border: The text panels are set in gold, blue and black rulings, mounted on a gold-sprinkled paperboard.

• Inscriptions

  Upper right hand corner: "written in the Year 70.”

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  Permanent Gallery Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, 11/2006-11/2009 (November 2006 to November 2009)

  Queensland Art Gallery permanent gallery (November, 2006 to November, 2009)

• 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

  1700s, 1710s, 1720s, 1500s, 1610s, 1600s, 1590s, 1540s, 1650s, 1530s, 1640s, 1520s, 1630s, 1510s, 1620s, 1580s, 1730s, 1690s, 1570s, 1680s, 1560s, 1670s, 1550s, 1660s

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Art, Henri Vever collection, Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)