O Everlasting! [Sino-Islamic scroll with one of the 99 names of Allah written in Arabic calligraphy]
CalligraphyChinese20th century

O Everlasting! [Sino-Islamic scroll with one of the 99 names of Allah written in Arabic calligraphy]

20th century

Classification
Calligraphy
Medium
Ink on paper
Culture
Chinese
Century
20th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

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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