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.

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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