Chancellery Document in Nasta'liq Script Maker: Unknown

18th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

image: 6 × 4 1/2 in. (15.2 × 11.4 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1951.51.55

Geography

Iran

Culture

Iranian/Persian, Islamic

Period

Safavid dynasty (1501–1722) or Zand dynasty (1751–94)

Classification

Calligraphy

Disclaimer

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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
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

calligraphy

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