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Page of Calligraphy from an Album16th century

Not on view
Vertical calligraphic panel with Persian nastaliq script in black ink, featuring large diagonal text in a central field surrounded by smaller text cartouches on a salmon-pink ground

Unknown, Page of Calligraphy from an Album, 16th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Page of Calligraphy from an Album
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
16th century
Medium
Ink, gold and opaque watercolors on paper
Dimensions
10 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (27.1 x 15.9 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.563
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.