AlbumsSinghalese

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Classification

Albums

Medium

Palm leaf

Culture

Singhalese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

4.5 x 20.5 cm (1 3/4 x 8 1/16 in.)

Related Artworks

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Arabic Love Poem, folio from an album

Muhammad Hashim Isfahani, 18th-19th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

18th-19th centuryPersian

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Persian verses in calligraphic composition, illuminated folio from an album

Unknown Artist, c. 1600

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

16th-17th centuryPersian

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Folio 56 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Bird and floral design for a pen box (recto); Two sheets: Study of a rose; Study of an iris (verso)

Unknown Artist, 1750-1850

Colored inks and graphite on off-white laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Top: Pink and green inks on beige wove paper (verso): Bottom: Green and brown inks on beige laid paper (verso)

18th-19th centuryPersian

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Folio 30 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Three sheets: Pen box design with perspectival architectural landscape divided by medallions (top), Bahram Gur visiting a princess (center), Pen box design with audience scene divided by medallions (bottom) (recto); Blank page (verso)

Unknown Artist, 1830-1850

Left: red ink on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk; Middle: brown ink on off-white wove paper; Middle verso: brown ink and watercolor, Right: red and blue-black inks on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (recto)

19th centuryPersian

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Duck in Foliage

Unknown Artist, 16th century

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

16th centuryOttoman

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The Bagpipe Player (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso)

Aqa Riza (Riza ‘Abbasi), c. 1600

Black ink and watercolor on off-white paper

16th-17th centuryPersian

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Folio 11 from an Album of Calligraphic Panels

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

Ink with opaque watercolor and gold on paper

17th-18th centuryIndian

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Bifolio from an Album of Calligraphic Exercises

Al-Hajj al-‘Arif, 1896

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

19th centuryOttoman

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Verse Written for a Royal Physician, folio from an album

'Abd al-Rahim Afsar, 1893-1894

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian

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Folio 41 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Four sheets: Pen box design with reclining females and attendants in landscape (top), Portrait bust of Muhammad Shah Qajar (center), European woman with bouquet and shawl (center), Pen box design with reclining females and attendants in landscape, divided by medallions (bottom) (recto); The Binding of Isaac (verso)

Unknown Artist, 1780-1860

Left: Brown counterproof, brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper (recto); Top middle: graphite on off-white wove paper (recto); Bottom middle: black counterproof on off-white wove paper; pricked (recto); Right: Black counterproof, red ink and watercolor on laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Brown ink on brown laid paper, oiled for transparency (verso)

18th-19th centuryPersian

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Album Page with Painting of a Seated Woman and Calligraphy

Keshav Das, album early 17th century, painting, c. 1590-1600, calligraphy c. 1535-1545

Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

16th-17th centurySouth Asian

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Folio 4 from an Album of Hadith Written in Nashki Calligraphy

`Ali Wasfi, 1762-1763

Ink opaque watercolor and gold on paper

18th centuryOttoman