ID 1306494
Lot 69 | A NASTA'LIQ QUATRAIN
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED 'ALI AL-KATIB AND 'ALI AL-MUDHAHHIB, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY; THE MARGINS SIGNED MUHAMMAD BAQIR AL-ISFAHANI AL-HUSAYNI AL-IMAMI AND DATED AH 1[0]77 / 1666-67 AD
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, comprising a nasta'liq quatrain outlined in black, some negative spaces coloured in blue, the calligraphy in clouds reserved against gold ground, laid down between further lines of nasta'liq and gold and polychrome floral illumination, in floral margins dated AH 1077 and attributed to Muhammad Baqir al-Isfahani and al-Imam Husayni, small area of water staining
Calligraphy 4 ½ x 2 1/8in. (11.5 x 5.4cm.); folio 12 ¾ x 8 1/8in. (32.2 x 20.5cm.)
Provenance
Christie's London, 10 October 2013, lot 36
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