Details
Calligraphic panel
by Muhammad Husayn al-Katib Kashmiri, Zarin Qalam
Mughal, circa 1600
Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled brown paper, 6ll of black nasta'liq arranged diagonally, with one additional line running horizontally along the bottom, interstices with small paintings of birds, triangular floral gold, pink and white panels in two corners, the lower signed Muhammad Husayn, two rectangular panels similar with gold cartouches (slightly stained), mounted on a later album page with coloured borders
text 8¼ x 4in. (21 x 10cm.)
