A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

ATTRIBUTABLE TO 'ALA AL-DIN AL-TABRIZI, SAFAVID IRAN, THIRD QUARTER 16TH CENTURY

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A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
ATTRIBUTABLE TO 'ALA AL-DIN AL-TABRIZI, SAFAVID IRAN, THIRD QUARTER 16TH CENTURY
Ink on paper, the composition with a line of large black thuluth script above and six lines of naskh script written diagonally in a panel below, with 18th century gold and polychrome illumination, laid down on cream cardboard with purple frame
5 x 8in (12.6 x 20.3cm)

Lot Essay

'Ala al-Din al-Tabrizi (d.1592 AD) was a court calligrapher under Shah Tahmasp, who flourished in the third quarter of the 16th century.

A very similar panel signed by 'Ala al-Din al-Tabrizi was sold in Christie's, King Street Rooms, 13 April 2010, lot 188.

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