A GROUP OF CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS
A GROUP OF CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS

IRAN AND TURKEY, 14TH-19TH CENTURY

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A GROUP OF CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS
IRAN AND TURKEY, 14TH-19TH CENTURY
Comprising a fragmentary Ottoman Firman with tughra of Sultan Mehmet IV (r. 1648-1687), a 14th century panel with 4ll. of black thuluth script divided by a cartouche of 4ll. of naskh script, with gold, silver and polychrome illlumination, a 19th century panel of large nasta'liq script written diagonally with floral borders, a 19th century panel of 2ll. of nasta'liq script signed Padshah Raqim, with marble paper borders, a panel of shikasteh script signed and dated AH 1278, with pink cardboard borders, a panel of white and yellow shikasteh script on black ground signed Muhammad al-Husayni and dated AH 1320, a Qajar firman and a calligraphic panel of 5ll. of black muhaqqaq script, glazed
Largest 12 7/8 x 8¾in. (32.7 x 22.4cm.) (8)

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