ManuscriptsOttoman?17th-18th century
Folio of marbling paper with facing folio from a Hadith manuscript
17th-18th century
Description
The facing folio from a Hadith manuscript is numbered 1985.291.2.
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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