CalligraphyOttoman19th-20th century

Calligraphic Composition with the Name 'Ali

19th-20th century

Classification

Calligraphy

Medium

Ink and gold on paper

Culture

Ottoman

Period

Ottoman period

Century

19th-20th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

23.2 x 23 cm (9 1/8 x 9 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[Christie's, London, 17 November 1976, lot 26], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1976, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Related Artworks

Calligraphy

The Law (Minori), Chapter 40 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari), 40th of 54 Volumes

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

40th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper

17th-18th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

The Mayfly (Kagerō), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 52 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Son'ō Jugō, Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

The fifty-second of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper

16th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

Calligraphy Album Leaf

Unknown Artist

Album leaf; ink on paper

Chinese

Calligraphy

Beneath the Oak (Shii ga Moto), Chapter 46 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari), 46th of 54 Volumes

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

46th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper

17th-18th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

Evening Mist (Yūgiri), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 39 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Fushimi no miya Kunitaka shinnō, Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

The thirty-nineth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper

16th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

The Cressets (Kagaribi), Chapter 27 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari), 27th of 54 Volumes

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

27th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper

17th-18th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

Six Ordination Certificates (ninka) [mounted on a board]

Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292

Ink on paper

Handscroll; ink on paper

Chinese

Calligraphy

Ten Panel Screen of Calligraphy: Five Couplets by Sin Wi, Yun Yong-ku, O Se-ch'ang, Kim Sŏng-kŭn, and Sŏ Sŭng-po

Unknown Artist, 19th-20th century

Five pairs of hanging scrolls mounted as a folding screen; ink on decorated papers; each couplet with signature and seals of the artist

19th-20th centuryKorean

Calligraphy

Twenty Nō Plays (Yōkyoku nijūban), 13th of 20 Volumes

Kanze Tadachika (Kokusetsu), Early Edo period, 1625 (11th month)

Twenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper

17th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

Fragment of the Wakan Rōeishū (Yamashiro-gire)

Fujiwara Sadayori, Late Heian period, late 12th century

Fragment of a book mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and vermillion marks on paper

12th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

Firman Issued by Fath `Ali Shah Qajar

Unknown Artist, 1820-1821

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian