Calligraphy in nasta`liq script signed by Mir Muhammad Ali

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2014.127
Title: Calligraphy in nasta`liq script signed by Mir Muhammad Ali
Classification: Albums
Work Type: album folio
Date: Early 17th century
Period: Safavid period
Culture: Persian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/351368

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Ink and gold on paper
Dimensions: framed: 44 x 30 cm (17 5/16 x 11 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Richard Bryant Hobart, Cambridge, MA, (by 1963), by inheritance; to his daughter, Mabel Hobart Cabot, Cambridge, MA , (1963-2014), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, June 2014.

Richard Bryant Hobart (b. 1885 – d. 1963),

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mabel H. Cabot in memory of her father Richard B. Hobart
Accession Year: 2014
Object Number: 2014.127
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: The central panel of this album folio consists of a quatrain of Persian poetry most likely from the Divan of Naziri Nishapuri written diagonally in nasta`liq script on pale blue paper. The interlinear space is embellished with floral decoration in gold wash, with flecks of gold leaf.

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