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An album of calligraphy
Qajar Iran, 19th century
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An album of calligraphy
Qajar Iran, 19th century
Persian manuscript on paper, 13ff. of black shekasteh nasta'liq within gold clouds, laid down on coloured album pages with multi-coloured margins, paper covered binding and doublures, -- Folio including margins 22.2 x 14.2cm. See Illustration.
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Lot Essay
One of the pages is a copy of the beginning of a letter Mirza 'Abd al-Wahhab Neshat wrote to the French Emperor on behalf of Fath'ali Shah.