ManuscriptsOttoman?17th-18th century
Folio from a Hadith manuscript with facing folio of marbling paper
17th-18th century
Description
Calligraphy copied by Sheyh Hamdullah The facing folio of marbling paper is numbered 1985.291.1.
Dimensions
23.7 x 17.1 cm (9 5/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Provenance
[Ahuan Gallery, London, 18 May 1984], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1984, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.
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