CalligraphyChinese20th century
O Everlasting! [Sino-Islamic scroll with one of the 99 names of Allah written in Arabic calligraphy]
20th century
Dimensions
68.5 x 34.5 cm (26 15/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Reverend Claude L. Pickens Jr. (1900-1985), Collection of Muslims in China; Loan from the Harvard-Yenching Library. 2004/
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