Lot 7
7
A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

SIGNED 'ABDULLAH AL-HARAWI, TIMURID HERAT, 15TH CENTURY

Details
A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
SIGNED 'ABDULLAH AL-HARAWI, TIMURID HERAT, 15TH CENTURY
Ink and opaque pigments heightened with gold on gold-speckled card, mounted
Text panel 4¾ x 7½in. (12 x 19.1cm.); folio 8 3/8 x 13½in. (21.1 x 34.3cm.)
Provenance
A Private Collection Donated to Benefit The University of Oxford, sold Christie's, London, 25 April 2013, lot 3
Engraved
A saying of Abu Mihjan, a companion of the Prophet, about the Jews of the Hijaz

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Lot Essay

This panel bears the name of 'Abdullah al-Harawi - a scribe known as 'Tabbakh' - who was one of the most famous scribes of 15th century Herat. He wrote in all calligraphic styles and designed inscriptions for buildings in Herat and Mashhad. His signed pieces are written in Herat and Samarqand between AH 833/1429-30 AD and AH 867/1462-63 AD.

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