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The Picture Contest (Eawase), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 17 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)
Calligraphy
The Picture Contest (Eawase), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 17 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)
Reizei Tamehiro, Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

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

16th centuryJapanese
"The Former Deeds of Bodhisattva Medicine King," Chapter 23 of the Lotus Sutra (Hokekyō)
Calligraphy
"The Former Deeds of Bodhisattva Medicine King," Chapter 23 of the Lotus Sutra (Hokekyō)
Unknown Artist, Late Heian period, c. 1150

Handscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on dyed paper decorated with ink, color, silver pigment, scattered gold- and silver-leaf, and cut-gold ruled lines

12th centuryJapanese
Poster depicting Noah's ark as a calligraphic composition
Calligraphy
Poster depicting Noah's ark as a calligraphic composition
Unknown Artist
Chinese
O Everlasting! [Sino-Islamic scroll with one of the 99 names of Allah written in Arabic calligraphy]
Calligraphy
O Everlasting! [Sino-Islamic scroll with one of the 99 names of Allah written in Arabic calligraphy]
Unknown Artist, 20th century

Ink on paper

20th centuryChinese
The Lotus (Chinese Arabic)
Calligraphy
The Lotus (Chinese Arabic)
Unknown Artist
Chinese
Scroll of Colophons for Wang Fu's "Spray of Bamboo" (1923.155.A)
Calligraphy
Scroll of Colophons for Wang Fu's "Spray of Bamboo" (1923.155.A)
Unknown Artist, late 14th -early 15th century

Handscroll; ink on paper

14th-15th centuryChinese
Colophon Accompanying "Travelers in a Mountain Valley" (1923.175.A)
Calligraphy
Colophon Accompanying "Travelers in a Mountain Valley" (1923.175.A)
Unknown Artist, 14th century

Section of a handscroll mounted as an album leaf; ink on paper

14th centuryChinese
Colophons Accompanying "Horseman on a Piebald" (1923.195.A)
Calligraphy
Colophons Accompanying "Horseman on a Piebald" (1923.195.A)
Unknown Artist, 17th century

Section of a handscroll mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk

17th centuryChinese
Title and colophons to a Portrait of a Chinese Military Official (1931.213.A)
Calligraphy
Title and colophons to a Portrait of a Chinese Military Official (1931.213.A)
Unknown Artist

Handscroll preserving title and 4 colophons from which a portrait painting (1931.213a) was cut; ink on paper

Chinese
Levha in Jali-nasta'liq (Celi Talik) Script
Calligraphy
Levha in Jali-nasta'liq (Celi Talik) Script
Ayyubi-Zada Shaykh Muhammad Nava, 1899-1900

Ink and gold on paper mounted on cardboard

19th centuryOttoman
Official Document with Calligraphic Emblem of  Sultan Abdulhamid
Calligraphy
Official Document with Calligraphic Emblem of Sultan Abdulhamid
Unknown Artist, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryOttoman
Calligraphic Mihrab Containing Qur'an Surah 68, verses 51 and 52 (al-Qalam)
Calligraphy
Calligraphic Mihrab Containing Qur'an Surah 68, verses 51 and 52 (al-Qalam)
Unknown Artist, early 19th century

Ink, color and gold on paper

19th centuryIndian
Calligraphy containing Qur'anic Verses
Calligraphy
Calligraphy containing Qur'anic Verses
Unknown Artist, 19th century

Ink, color and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian
The Name of "Baha'ullah" in the Form of a Rooster
Calligraphy
The Name of "Baha'ullah" in the Form of a Rooster
Mishkin Qalam, 1887-1888

Ink, color and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian
Blessing for Imam Husayn, calligraphic composition
Calligraphy
Blessing for Imam Husayn, calligraphic composition
Muhammad Qazwini, 1884

Ink, gold and silver on paper

19th centuryPersian
Firman Issued by Fath `Ali Shah Qajar
Calligraphy
Firman Issued by Fath `Ali Shah Qajar
Unknown Artist, 1820-1821

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian
Marriage Contract
Calligraphy
Marriage Contract
Unknown Artist, 1835
19th centuryPersian
Fragment of a Chancery Document of Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar
Calligraphy
Fragment of a Chancery Document of Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar
Unknown Artist, 1865

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian
Poem
Calligraphy
Poem
Hakuin Ekaku 白隠慧鶴, Mid 18th century

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese
Calligraphy
Calligraphy
Calligraphy
Kōnyo

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Japanese

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