1958.219: Chancery Document, folio from an album

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1958.219

People

Calligraphy by Ikhtiyar al-Munshi (also called Kamal al Din), Persian (active mid-16th century)

Title

Chancery Document, folio from an album

Classification

Albums

Work Type

album folio

Date

mid 16th century

Places

Creation Place: Middle East, Iran

Period

Safavid period

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/216431

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

26.19 x 16.83 cm (10 5/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet

Accession Year

1958

Object Number

1958.219

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Calligraphy and the Arts of the Book, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/1993 - 01/30/1994
• 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
• 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/06/2019 - 08/02/2021

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