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Calligraphic panel
by Khalil Allah al-Husayni, Mughal, circa 1600
Persian manuscript on buff paper with gold and polychrome illumination, the central panel with 6ll. of elegant black nasta'liq, the interstices with naturalistically painted birds, a gold and polychrome triangular panel above, another after the fourth line signed Khalil Allah (slight smudging and staining), mounted on card with coloured margins
text 7¾ x 4in. (19.5 x 10cm.)
by Khalil Allah al-Husayni, Mughal, circa 1600
Persian manuscript on buff paper with gold and polychrome illumination, the central panel with 6ll. of elegant black nasta'liq, the interstices with naturalistically painted birds, a gold and polychrome triangular panel above, another after the fourth line signed Khalil Allah (slight smudging and staining), mounted on card with coloured margins
text 7¾ x 4in. (19.5 x 10cm.)