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Fahri of Bursa

Papercut from a Poetry Album, late 1500s - early 1600s

Description

Maker

  • Fahri of Bursa, d. 1617, Turkish

Title

Papercut from a Poetry Album

Year

late 1500s - early 1600s

Medium

White paper script on blue paper

Materials/Techniques

Supports

  • paper mounted as an album page

Dimensions

22.2 x 15.6 cm (8 13/16 x 6 1/8 inches) Overall, mat size: A; Asian Art Department Carpenter Invento

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed number in ink on label adhered verso, bottom right:P602A

Place

Turkey

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Manuscripts

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

17.500

About

This album sheet is signed by Fahri of Bursa, a celebrated Ottoman Turkish cut-paper artist. In this example, the white letters of the papercut calligraphy are pasted onto a blue paper. The strong contrast between the script and background allows the text to be read easily.

Inscribed number in ink on label adhered verso, bottom right:P602A

Turkey
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Projects & Publications

Publications

Glimpses of Grandeur

Courtly Arts of the Later Islamic Empires

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Sukima

June 1 - November 25, 2018

Glimpses of Grandeur

September 24 - December 26, 1999

Ottoman Turkish Art

September 25, 1987 - January 24, 1988

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Fahri of Bursa

Papercut from a poetry album, late 1500s - early 1600s

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Papercut from a Poetry Album, late 1500s - early 1600s

Fahri of Bursa

Page from a Poetry Album, late 1500s - early 1600s

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Papercut from a Poetry Album with the accession number of 17.500. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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