Calligraphy Sample, Ta'liq Script
Artist:
Mohammed Waseem
Place made:Iran
Culture: Persian
Dynasty: Safavid dynasty
Date: A.D. 1591 (AH 1000)
Medium: Ink on laid paper
Dimensions:
7 3/4 x 11 3/8 in. (19.7 x 28.9 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Object number: 96.1.110
Signed: Signed by the calligrapher Mohammed Waseem and dated in the lower left corner
Provenance: Frances 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, 1996
Label Text
This 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)
(gallery label, 1995)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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