Artwork
Calligraphy Sample, Ta'liq Script
Artist
Mohammed Waseem
DepartmentIslamic Art
CulturePersian
DateA.D. 1591 (AH 1000)
MediumInk on laid paper
Dimensions7 3/4 x 11 3/8 in. (19.7 x 28.9 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Object number96.1.110
GeographyPlace madeIran
DescriptionSheet inscribed with four lines of calligraphy written diagonally, and surrounded by rectangular borders in green, blue, gold and orange.Label TextThis page bears the calligrapher's signature, Mohammed Waseem, and is dated in the lower left corner. The Islamic dating system begins in the year Mohammed left Mecca for Medina (the Hijra, AD 622). The diagonal orientation of the writing reveals that this is a secular example.
(gallery label, 1995)ProvenanceFrances Semaan Wilkins (1916-1999) and Frederick J. Wilkins (1916-2004), San Antonio, by 1994; Frances Semaan Wilkins and Frederick J. Wilkins, by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1996Exhibition History“A Bridge from East to West: Near Eastern Art from the Frances and Frederick Wilkins Collection,” San Antonio Museum of Art, Dec. 9, 1995-Feb. 25, 1996SignedSigned by the calligrapher Mohammed Waseem and dated in the lower left cornerNot on view
Collections
9th-10th century
14th century
11th-13th century
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