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Calligraphic Scroll, 19th century

  • Iranian

Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper, backed on fabric

  • Overall: 7 1/2 × 67 3/4 inches (19.1 × 172.1 cm)

Founders Society Purchase with funds from the Antiquaries, the Hill Memorial Fund, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Bloom Fund, the Cleo and Lester Gruber Fund, and the William H. Murphy Fund

1992.3

Inscribed, from the right: [translated: "Muhammad is God's Messanger; The Bismillah ("In the name of God, The Merciful, The Compassionate"; "God, how magnificent is His power"; The Bismillah; The Bismillah; The Bismillah; "Tell the people the best"; The Bismillah; "This is from the Mercy of my God"; The Bismillah; The Bismillah; "Oh God, Oh Muhammad, Oh Ali, Oh Hassan, Oh Houssain, Oh Fatima"; "Allah, Muhammad, Ali, Hassan, Houssain"; "Allah, Muhammad is His Messanger, Allah"; "God is able to do anything (His majesty is unlimited)"]

(Said Motamed, Frankfurt, Germany)

1992-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Iranian, Calligraphic Scroll, 19th century, opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper, backed on fabric. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from the Antiquaries, the Hill Memorial Fund, et al., 1992.3.