AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

Lot 5
27.04.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 5 | AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

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.)

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