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Two calligraphic leaves
one signed by Muhammad bin Mu'ayyad
Herat, 16th century
Comprising four sides of Qur'anic text, religious formulae and calligraphic exercises, Arabic manuscript on buff and ivory paper, panels of elegant black, blue and gold thuluth and naskh, with blue floral and arabesque decoration, in gold and coloured margins between blue rules and floral and inscription cartouche borders, one signed 'Muhammad bin Mu'ayyad', all mounted on gold-sprinkled buff paper
largest folio 9¼ x 5¾in. (23.5 x 15cm.) (2)
one signed by Muhammad bin Mu'ayyad
Herat, 16th century
Comprising four sides of Qur'anic text, religious formulae and calligraphic exercises, Arabic manuscript on buff and ivory paper, panels of elegant black, blue and gold thuluth and naskh, with blue floral and arabesque decoration, in gold and coloured margins between blue rules and floral and inscription cartouche borders, one signed 'Muhammad bin Mu'ayyad', all mounted on gold-sprinkled buff paper
largest folio 9¼ x 5¾in. (23.5 x 15cm.) (2)