32Qalamkari woodblock with a portrait of Emam ʿAli

Woodblock

Iran, ca. 1875–1900 Wood 5.91 in. (15 cm) Victoria and Albert Museum, London, ME.1-2014 Photograph courtesy of the museum

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Figure 1. Curator Fuchsia Hart holding the woodblock. Photograph by Keelan Overton, June 2024.

Related objects:

  • Mirror case with a portrait of Emam ʿAli, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (no. 38)
  • Qalamkari hanging depicting the Last Judgement, musée du Quai Branly, Paris (no. 31)

Fuchsia Hart The Sarikhani Curator for the Iranian Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Citation: Fuchsia Hart, “Qalamkari woodblock with a portrait of Emam ʿAli.” Catalog entry in The Emamzadeh Yahya at Varamin: An Online Exhibition of an Iranian Shrine, directed and edited by Keelan Overton. 33 Arches Productions, January 15, 2025. Host: Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online.