A CALLIGRAM IN THE FORM OF A LION

Lot 38
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£ 63 000
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Lot 38 | A CALLIGRAM IN THE FORM OF A LION
Valeur estimée
£ 12 000 – 18 000
A CALLIGRAM IN THE FORM OF A LION
AFTER MIR 'ALI HARAVI, SAFAVID BUKHARA OR HERAT, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, within pink and green borders with gold meandering floral decoration, the light pink margins with gold arabesque decoration, the verso with 12ll. of diagonal black nasta'liq within clouds reserved against a gold ground decorated with polychrome flowers, the blue margins painted with gold animals and vegetation, a black seal impression in the upper margin, mounted, framed and glazed on both sides
Calligram 5 ¼ x 7 ¾in. (13.2 x 19.6cm.); calligraphy 10 5/8 x 2 7/8in. (27 x 7.3cm.); folio 15 x 10 3/8in. (38 x 26.4cm.)




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Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, 5 December 1994, lot 288
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