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Calligraphy, written by 'Ali al Kabib
'Ali al Kabib
(Miniaturist)
Height: 222 mm
Width: 102 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1912)
by
Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Support composed of paper
Calligraphy : Pen and ink with some bodycolour and gold on paper, laid down
Accession number: Marlay 40-pl.30
Primary reference Number: 34944
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Calligraphy, written by 'Ali al Kabib"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/34944 Accessed: 2022-05-28 03:08:37
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Accession Number: Marlay 40-pl.21
Accession Number: CAL 29.4-2007
Accession Number: CAL 42-2007
Accession Number: CAL 33-2007
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