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A BAHA`I CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

Lot 167
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 35 280
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1178429
Lot 167 | A BAHA'I CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
A BAHA'I CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

SIGNED 'ABD AL-BAHA' MISHKIN QALAM, OTTOMAN AKKA, DATED DHU'L HIJJA AH 1319/MARCH-APRIL 1902 AD

Persian manuscript on paper, the central tree-shaped panel with 33ll. black shikasteh reserved against gold, flanked by two elaborately cusped cartouches with 10ll., with two mirrored calligraphic compositions depicting birds, each with a claw supporting further panels of calligraphy, the last line of the composition in the shape of a cypress tree saying that it was copied in AH 1319 at the age of seventy-six, the cartouche on the left states it was copied in 'Akka, signed in the cartouche at the bottom, the ground plain in the upper half and in the lower half with a blue and red zig-zag pattern, set within gold rules, the narrow margins plain, laid down on card, framed and glazed

Panel 18 ¾ x 29 ½in. (47.7 x 74.9cm.); folio 20 ½ x 30 ¼in.(52 x 76.8cm.)





Inscribed

Signed in the cartouche at the bottom banda ‘abd al-baha mishkin-qalam dar shahr-i dhi’l-hijja al-haram 'The slave ‘Abd al-Baha Mishkin-Qalam in the month of Dhi’l-Hijja Haram’
Place of origin:Iran, Asia
Auction house category:Books and manuscripts
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
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