ManuscriptsOttoman?17th-18th century

Folio from a Hadith manuscript with facing folio of marbling paper

17th-18th century

Description

Calligraphy copied by Sheyh Hamdullah The facing folio of marbling paper is numbered 1985.291.1.

Classification

Manuscripts

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Culture

Ottoman?

Period

Ottoman period

Century

17th-18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

23.7 x 17.1 cm (9 5/16 x 6 3/4 in.)

Provenance

[Ahuan Gallery, London, 18 May 1984], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1984, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

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