ID 1306552
Lot 85 | THREE BAHA'I CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITIONS
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
SIGNED MISHKIN QALAM, OTTOMAN AKKA AND HAIFA, DATED AH 1303 / 1885-6 AD AND AH 1321 / 1903-4 AD
Persian manuscripts, variously depicting cockerels and a human face composed of praises and benedictory phrases, additional details in opaque pigments, one on blue card, the others on paper, one laid down on card mount, the other on fabric backing, the reverses plain, light surface flaking
The largest 18 x 12 1/8in. (45.7 x 30.8cm.)
Provenance
Acquired from the estate of Nigar Bahai Amsalem, great-granddaughter of Baha'ullah
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