ID 1306439
Lot 54 | AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
Estimate value
£ 18 000 – 24 000
CALLIGRAPHY BY MIR 'ALI, SHAYBANID BUKHARA, CIRCA 1550
Poetry, ink and opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 2ll. of fine black nasta'liq reserved against a gold pricked ground of dense floral scrolls, the field with several polychrome medallions and two painted figures, the green margin with gold scrolling arabesques, laid down on gold speckled paper, mounted on card
Text panel 3 ¼ x 6 1/8in. (8.3 x 15.5cm.); folio 5 7/8 x 10 ¾in. (14.9 x 27.4cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, USA, by 1985
| Place of origin: | Asia, Uzbekistan |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Uzbekistan |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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