Calligraphic exercise, persian manuscript on paper, 4ll. of elegant black nasta'liq, later illuminated triangular panels filling the interstices, signed below by Mir 'Ali, Persia, circa 1600, mounted on gold painted card, (trimmed, light surface wear, one area of smudging) - 6¾ x 3¾in. (17.1 x 9.8cm.), verso with a Qajar painting of a noble - 6¾ x 3¼in. (17.1 x 8.4cm.)

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Calligraphic exercise, persian manuscript on paper, 4ll. of elegant black nasta'liq, later illuminated triangular panels filling the interstices, signed below by Mir 'Ali, Persia, circa 1600, mounted on gold painted card, (trimmed, light surface wear, one area of smudging) - 6¾ x 3¾in. (17.1 x 9.8cm.), verso with a Qajar painting of a noble - 6¾ x 3¼in. (17.1 x 8.4cm.)
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For a piece of calligraphy by Mir 'Ali in the smae format see: Christie's King Stree, 23 April 1996, lot 23.

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