Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
ShareThis
Javascript must be enabled to continue!

Peace

View through Harvard Museums
This highly stylized form of writing was developed in China so that a word can be understood simultaneously in Arabic script and Chinese characters. In this case, the word is "peace;" in Arabic, al-salam (from top to bottom), and in Chinese, the character ning.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of the artist
Title: Peace
Description:
This highly stylized form of writing was developed in China so that a word can be understood simultaneously in Arabic script and Chinese characters.
In this case, the word is "peace;" in Arabic, al-salam (from top to bottom), and in Chinese, the character ning.

Back to Top