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Reverse glass painting. Calligraphic panel (levha), Arabic in nastaliq script: "Sustenance comes from Allah"
Reverse glass painting. Calligraphic panel (levha), Arabic in nastaliq script: "Sustenance comes from Allah"
Object Number 20-33-60/D1575
Display Title Reverse glass painting. Calligraphic panel (levha), Arabic in nastaliq script: "Sustenance comes from Allah"
Descriptions
Inventory Description Painting, calligraphy painted on glass, wood frame
Classification
  • Painting
Department Prints and Drawings
Date Before 1900
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Syria?
Materials Oil, Pigment, Glass, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 19 x 24 cm (7 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D1575, 91-Q/88d

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