Page of nasta'liq calligraphy
16th century
Object PlaceIran
Medium/TechniqueCalligraphy on paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 38 × 24.3 cm (14 15/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number29.124
On View
Not on viewClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
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 1565
16th century
18th century
1368–1644
before 1509
1287–88 A.D./ 686 A.H.
A.D. 522
14th–15th century
1735–96
latter half of 18th to first half of 19th century