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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.152
People
Calligraphy by Ayyubi-Zada Shaykh Muhammad Nava, Persian (19th century)
Title
Levha in Jali-nasta'liq Script
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy
Date
1899-1900
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214270

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and gold on paper mounted on cardboard
Dimensions
28.7 x 63.3 cm (11 5/16 x 24 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Museum Collection
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.152
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This Ottoman calligraphic panel (levha) bears the name of the calligrapher, Ayyubi-Zada Shaykh Muhammad Nava (Eyyubizade Şeyh Mehmed Neva), and the date 1317 H. (1899-1900).

Exhibition History

  • The Continuous Stroke of a Breath: Calligraphy from the Islamic World, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 12/20/2003 - 07/18/2004
  • 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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