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FOUR CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS THREE PANELS SIGNED, QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY Comprising a panel in black
THREE PANELS SIGNED, QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a panel in black shikasteh script, the lines written in multiple directions, each in cloudbands on gold illuminated ground, laid down on marbled card with gold and silver floral border; a panel of gold shikasteh script with lines written in multiple directions, signed and dated Muharram AH 1194/January-February 1780 AD, copied in Isfahan, laid down on brown card with gold floral illumination; a large nasta'liq quatrain with later added polychrome floral illumination, signed Mir 'Ali, laid down on plain brown card; and a panel of large black mashq on blue paper, signed Fursat, laid down on gold-speckled beige card
The largest 16 ½ x 11 3/8in. (42 x 28.8cm.)
THREE PANELS SIGNED, QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a panel in black shikasteh script, the lines written in multiple directions, each in cloudbands on gold illuminated ground, laid down on marbled card with gold and silver floral border; a panel of gold shikasteh script with lines written in multiple directions, signed and dated Muharram AH 1194/January-February 1780 AD, copied in Isfahan, laid down on brown card with gold floral illumination; a large nasta'liq quatrain with later added polychrome floral illumination, signed Mir 'Ali, laid down on plain brown card; and a panel of large black mashq on blue paper, signed Fursat, laid down on gold-speckled beige card
The largest 16 ½ x 11 3/8in. (42 x 28.8cm.)
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