The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
Album Page with Calligraphy Exercise (siyah mashq) by Muhammad Shah Qajar (3rd Ruler of the Qajar Dynasty)
Muhammad Shah
- Date
- dated Shawwal A.H. 1260/October 1844 CE
- Medium
- Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- H. 12 3/16 in. (31 cm) W. 7 11/16 in. (19.6 cm)
- Object type
- Album leaf, non-illustrated
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- Iran
- Object number
- 2016.535
- Credit line
- Purchase, Friends of Islamic Art Gifts, 2016
Artist information
Iranian, 3rd Qajar ruler (r. 1834–48)
Subjects and terms
- Calligraphy
The Met object ID 716305. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.