Lot Essay
The phrase means:
I am the city of knowledge and 'Ali is its gate
I am the city of knowledge and 'Ali is its gate
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BY MIRZA IBRAHIM, AH 1280/1863-4 AD
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BY MIRZA IBRAHIM, AH 1280/1863-4 AD
Black ink and gouache on card, the single phrase ana madinat al-'ilm wa 'Ali babha written in nasta'liq, the letters filed with small drawings of the twelve Imams, the Prophet riding on buraq, Jacob and Isaac, the court of King Solomon, Yusuf and other heroes of Iranian literature, one of the angels bearing a tablet signed Mirza Ibrahim and dated 1280
Folio 19¾ x 28½in. (50.3 x 72.5cm.)
BY MIRZA IBRAHIM, AH 1280/1863-4 AD
Black ink and gouache on card, the single phrase ana madinat al-'ilm wa 'Ali babha written in nasta'liq, the letters filed with small drawings of the twelve Imams, the Prophet riding on buraq, Jacob and Isaac, the court of King Solomon, Yusuf and other heroes of Iranian literature, one of the angels bearing a tablet signed Mirza Ibrahim and dated 1280
Folio 19¾ x 28½in. (50.3 x 72.5cm.)
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