Calligraphy on Animal Skin (Quran ul karim la iqra fi din)
Entry/Object ID
UNK.060
Collection
Hundal Collection
Made/Created
Artist
Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi
Dimensions
Height
57-3/4 in
Width
65 in
Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Cultural/Historical Context
Label
Sadequain painted his calligraphy on hides, wood, burlap and on marble slabs, a practice that copied the earliest recorded scripture of the Quran which according to scholars, were written on pieces of hide, bone, stones and various scraps. Nevertheless, Sadequain told reporter Rehana Hakim that using calligraphy was not a religious gesture. It was his inheritance and a service to the art of calligraphy. He added that he was not a religious person but his calligraphy had a certain philosophy, not just words “but sentences which say things.”
