A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION IN THE FORM OF A LION
IN THE NAME OF MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM KHAN, SIGNED SAFDAR 'ALI IBN MUHAMMAD KHAN BEG, KABUL, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Ink, pigments and gold on paper, the blue inscription in deep blue jali thuluth forming a lion who holds a sword, an inscription in black nasta'liq script below within a gold, blue and black cartouche, within blue and black-ruled gold frame
9 ½ x 7 ¼in. (24.2 x 18.4cm.)
A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION IN THE FORM OF A LION
IN THE NAME OF MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM KHAN, SIGNED SAFDAR 'ALI IBN MUHAMMAD KHAN BEG, KABUL, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Ink, pigments and gold on paper, the blue inscription in deep blue jali thuluth forming a lion who holds a sword, an inscription in black nasta'liq script below within a gold, blue and black cartouche, within blue and black-ruled gold frame
9 ½ x 7 ¼in. (24.2 x 18.4cm.)
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