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Asian Art
Chancellery Document in Nasta’liq Script
18th century
Ink on paper
image: 6 × 4 1/2 in. (15.2 × 11.4 cm)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
1951.51.55
Geography:
Iran
Status:
Culture:
Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period:
Safavid dynasty (1501–1722) or Zand dynasty (1751–94)
Classification:
Calligraphy
Provenance:
Asia Institute, New York; Mrs. William H. Moore (Ada Small Moore) (1858–1955) New York; gift in 1951 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
James Prosek and Edith Devaney, James Prosek: Art, Artifact, Artifice, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2020), 46, 153, pl. 28.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.