Burnisher

Object Details

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (October 22, 2016 to February 20, 2017)

  Nasta’liq: The Genius of Persian Calligraphy (September 13, 2014 to May 3, 2015)

  Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakip Sabanci Collection (September 10, 1998 to January 2, 2000)

  The Power of the Pen: Islamic Calligraphy in the 14th Century (September 24, 1995 to May 27, 1996)

  Crushed Lapis and Burnished Gold: The Art of Illumination (June 9 to December 8, 1991)

  Variations on a Script: Islamic Calligraphy from the Vever Collection (February 18 to September 16, 1990)

  The Calligraphers' Craft (June 1 to 27, 1987)

• Origin

  Turkey

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds

• Type

  Tool and Equipment

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1800s, 1890s

• Topic

  Art, Ottoman period (1307 - 1922), Writing, Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims, Turks

• Object Type

  Tools and equipment