Harvard Art Museums > 18.2015: Album of calligraphy specimens Albums Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Album of calligraphy specimens , 18.2015,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/352093. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 18.2015 Title Album of calligraphy specimens Classification Albums Work Type album Date 1854 (date of album compilation) Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/352093 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink, colors, and gold on paper; leather and gold binding Dimensions 24 x 15 cm (9 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar Object Number 18.2015 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The album contains 19 folios, carrying 36 pieces of calligraphy. A small note suggests that the album entered the library of Khanlar Mirza Ihtisham al-Dawla, in Muharram 1271/Sep-Oct 1854. He was the seventeenth son of the crown prince, ‘Abbas Mirza. All folios have attributions written in the margins. Altogether there are 2 folios in taʿliq by Khwaja Ikhtiyar, 13 folios by Darvish ‘Abd al-Majid Taliqani (d. Isfahan, 1185 H.), 7 folios by Muhammad Shafi‘ Isfahani (known as Shafi‘a) (d. c.1089 H.), 3 folios by Mirza Kuchak Isfahani (d. after 1228 H.), 2 by Mirza Riza (d. 12th century H.), 2 in the style of Shafi‘a, and 2 in the manner of Darvish. The two folios attributed to Khwaja Ikhtiyar are the oldest works in this album. The album is bound in a dark brown leather binding bordered by gold painted frames. The inside covers are plain brown leather framed by two gold lines. Commentary Script: shikasta and ta‘liq Exhibition History 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/06/2022 - 05/05/2022 Related Articles Art Talk: A Persian Calligraphic Album November 10, 2020 Related Media Book view of Album of calligraphy specimens Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
