Lot 51
51
A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL DECORATED WITH BIRDS
A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL DECORATED WITH BIRDS

SIGNED BY MUHAMMAD HUSAYN, NORTH INDIA, 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL DECORATED WITH BIRDS
SIGNED BY MUHAMMAD HUSAYN, NORTH INDIA, 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on gold speckled paper, with four couplets in elegant black nasta'liq and a further two similar but smaller couplets, punctuated with five polychrome birds, corners with gold and polychrome illumination laid down within gold and polychrome rules on wide blue card margins
Panel 8½ x 4in. (21.3 x 10cm.); folio 12 3/8 x 8 7/8in. (31.4 x 22.1cm.)

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Lot Essay

Muhammad Husayn al-Katib Kashmiri (d. AH 1020/1611-12 AD), was the most celebrated calligrapher at the court of the emperor Akbar, who gave him the title of Zarrin Qalam (Golden Pen). He continued to work at the court of Jahangir and his recorded work is dated between AH 988/1580-81 AD and AH 1017/1608-09 AD (Mehdi Bayani, Ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol.III, Tehran, 1348 sh., pp 702-704). Many examples of his work are decorated with small pictures of birds as are found here.

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