TWO CALLIGRAPHIC EXCERSIZES
PRIVATE COLLECTION OF PERSIAN AND INDIAN ALBUM PAGES
TWO CALLIGRAPHIC EXCERSIZES

ZAND AND QAJAR IRAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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TWO CALLIGRAPHIC EXCERSIZES
ZAND AND QAJAR IRAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, one folio with a single line of calligraphy in elegant ghubari in a cloud reserved against gold ground and laid down between polychrome rules on marbled margins; the other folio with 7ll. of black naskh in clouds reserved against gold and polychrome illuminated ground, the final line signed Muhammad Hashim and dated 1194, laid down between black and gold rules on deep blue border with gold illumination, minor staining and scuffing
Largest folio 7¼ x 19¼in. (18.2 x 48.5cm.) (2)

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One of these panels is signed Muhammad Hashim and is dated AH 1194/1780-81 AD.

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