A CALLIGRAM IN THE FORM OF A LION

Lot 53
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 12 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 53 | A CALLIGRAM IN THE FORM OF A LION
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£ 12 000 – 18 000
A CALLIGRAM IN THE FORM OF A LION
AFTER MIR 'ALI HARAVI, SAFAVID BUKHARA OR HERAT, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, within pink and green borders with gold meandering floral decoration, the light pink margins with gold arabesque decoration, the verso with 12ll. diagonal black nasta'liq within clouds reserved against a gold ground decorated with polychrome flowers, the blue margins painted with gold animals and vegetation, a black seal impression in the upper margin, mounted framed and glazed on both sides
Calligram 5 ¼ x 7 ¾in. (13.2 x 19.6cm.); calligraphy 10 5/8 x 2 7/8in. (27 x 7.3cm.); folio 15 x 10 3/8in. (38 x 26.4cm.)




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Acquired by the present owner in Paris, by repute in the 1980s
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