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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.487
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Letter to a Friend and Verses about Love, folio from an album
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
c. 1800-1850
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Qajar period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201586

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 16.8 cm (10 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.487
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Traces of the Calligrapher: Islamic Calligraphy in Practice, c. 1600–1900, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, 11/03/2007 - 02/03/2008; Asia Society Museum, New York, 10/07/2008 - 02/08/2009; Michael C. Carlos Museum of Art, Atlanta, 08/28/2010 - 12/05/2010

Verification Level

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