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Asian Art
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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:
Made in Iran
Status:
On view
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.
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