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<em>Detached Bifolium from an Illuminated Qur’an Manuscript</em>, 16th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 12 11/16 × 8 1/2 in. (32.2 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.52.7a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.52.7a.jpg)
Detached Bifolium from an Illuminated Qur’an Manuscript, 16th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 12 11/16 × 8 1/2 in. (32.2 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.52.7a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.52.7a.jpg)
<em>Detached Bifolium from an Illuminated Qur’an Manuscript</em>, 16th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 12 11/16 × 8 1/2 in. (32.2 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.52.7a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.52.7a.jpg)

Detached Bifolium from an Illuminated Qur’an Manuscript, 16th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 12 11/16 × 8 1/2 in. (32.2 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.52.7a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.52.7a.jpg)

<em>Detached Bifolium from an Illuminated Qur’an Manuscript</em>, 16th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 12 11/16 × 8 1/2 in. (32.2 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.52.7a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.52.7a-b.jpg)

Detached Bifolium from an Illuminated Qur’an Manuscript, 16th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 12 11/16 × 8 1/2 in. (32.2 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.52.7a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.52.7a-b.jpg)

<em>Detached Bifolium from an Illuminated Qur’an Manuscript</em>, 16th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 12 11/16 × 8 1/2 in. (32.2 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.52.7a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.52.7b.jpg)

Detached Bifolium from an Illuminated Qur’an Manuscript, 16th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 12 11/16 × 8 1/2 in. (32.2 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.52.7a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.52.7b.jpg)

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Detached Bifolium from an Illuminated Qur’an Manuscript

Arts of the Islamic World

MEDIUM Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
DATES 16th century
PERIOD Safavid Period
DIMENSIONS 12 11/16 × 8 1/2 in. (32.2 × 21.6 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Islamic World
ACCESSION NUMBER 2021.52.7a-b
CREDIT LINE Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Detached Bifolium from an Illuminated Qur’an Manuscript, 16th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 12 11/16 × 8 1/2 in. (32.2 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.52.7a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.52.7a.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.2021.52.7a.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2017
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<em>Detached Bifolium from an Illuminated Qur’an Manuscript</em>, 16th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 12 11/16 × 8 1/2 in. (32.2 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.52.7a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.52.7a.jpg)

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