Page of nast'aliq calligraphy on decorated ground
16th century
Object PlaceIran
Medium/TechniqueInk and gold on prepared paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 27.6 × 16.8 cm (10 7/8 × 6 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number29.123
On View
Not on viewClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
ProvenanceMiss Elizabeth (Riefstahl) Titzel (b. 1889 - d. 1986), New York; 1929, sold by Miss Elizabeth (Riefstahl) Titzel to the MFA for $5000.00 (total price for 29.56-136). (Accession Date: January 3, 1929)
about 1919
1994
about 1867–70
Recto early 16th century; verso about 1420–40; mounted in album about 1544–45
about 1925
17th–18th century
1731 A.D./ 1141 A.H.
about 1500