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SIGNED MUHAMMAD HUSAYN BIN 'ABDULLAH, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1888
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A BIFOLIO FROM THE NASIR AL-DIN SHAH ALBUM
SIGNED MUHAMMAD HUSAYN BIN 'ABDULLAH, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1888
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, both folios with découpé nasta'liq compositions in white on blue ground with occasional gold letters and polychrome and gold découpé roundels, the left hand folio signed Muhammad Husayn bin 'Abdullah, the margins with polychrome and gold découpé geometric shapes within gold rules, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 18¼ x 12 1/8in. (46.3 x 30.7cm.)
SIGNED MUHAMMAD HUSAYN BIN 'ABDULLAH, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1888
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, both folios with découpé nasta'liq compositions in white on blue ground with occasional gold letters and polychrome and gold découpé roundels, the left hand folio signed Muhammad Husayn bin 'Abdullah, the margins with polychrome and gold découpé geometric shapes within gold rules, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 18¼ x 12 1/8in. (46.3 x 30.7cm.)
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