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Calligraphy piece

Title

Calligraphy piece

Creator

Mohamed Zakariya

Year/Period

2003

Region

USA

Object Type

calligraphy (visual works)

Material

ink on paper

Dimension

Image size: L28 x W21.8

Accession No.

2003-00025

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

This calligraphic piece contains the phrase: “The art of calligraphy” written in 'jali thulth' script. It was specially written by American Muslim calligrapher, Mohamed Zakariya for the museum. Jali thulth is a larger-sized thulth script which was popularly used by Ottoman calligraphers to design calligraphic compositions and monumental inscriptions for buildings.