ID 932185
Lot 5 | AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
THE 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 cobalt-blue ground with 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, on a purple card mount
Panel 3 1/4 x 6 1/8in. (8.4 x 15.4cm.); folio 8 x 13in. (20.5 x 32cm.)
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Uzbekistan |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Uzbekistan |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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