Blessing for Imam Husayn, calligraphic composition

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1958.235
People: Calligraphy by Muhammad Qazwini, Persian
Title: Blessing for Imam Husayn, calligraphic composition
Classification: Calligraphy
Work Type: calligraphy
Date: 1884
Places: Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Culture: Persian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/201366

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Ink, gold and silver on paper
Dimensions: 29.8 x 43.7 cm (11 3/4 x 17 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
Accession Year: 1958
Object Number: 1958.235
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

40 Years On... Donations by John Goelet: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, Miniatures and Calligraphy, Tankas and Mandala, M. T. Train and Scala Books (New York, NY, 2000), page 144, 231

Exhibition History

Islamic Art From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/1974

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