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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.291.2
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Folio from a Hadith manuscript with facing folio of marbling paper
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
17th-18th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/169223

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
23.7 x 17.1 cm (9 5/16 x 6 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Ahuan Gallery, London, 18 May 1984], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1984, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.291.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Calligraphy copied by Sheyh Hamdullah

The facing folio of marbling paper is numbered 1985.291.1.

Verification Level

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