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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.225
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Attributes and Uses of Chapters of the Qur'an, folio from an album
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Qur'an
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
18th-19th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Zand period to early Qajar period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201255

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
29.5 x 19.4 cm (11 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso: "18th? and 19th c. border?"

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
1958.225
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Annemarie Schimmel, "Poetry and Calligraphy: Thoughts about their Interrelation in Persian Culture", ed. Richard Ettinghausen, Westview Press, Inc. (Colorado, 1979), p 203, fig. 119

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