Lot Essay
The fragmented thuluth inscriptions appear to be Quranic.
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FOUR SAFAVID FRAGMENTARY PIERCED STEEL PANELS
PERSIA, CIRCA 1700
One, the central part of a drop-shaped 'alam with four rows of elegant thuluth linked by spiralling flowering vine; another smaller, again from the centre of an 'alam, with heavier script; an upper panel from an 'alam with central ogival oval panel of naskh on a scrolling floral ground, in plain border with simple pierced outer band; and an upper section from an 'alam with very slightly tapering shaft pierced with interlaced arabesques terminating in a trefoil panel with arabesques below, pierced with a short inscription on scrolling ground, each with slight damages and surface pitting
largest: 9½ x 11 5/8in. (24.2 x 29.5cm.) (4)
PERSIA, CIRCA 1700
One, the central part of a drop-shaped 'alam with four rows of elegant thuluth linked by spiralling flowering vine; another smaller, again from the centre of an 'alam, with heavier script; an upper panel from an 'alam with central ogival oval panel of naskh on a scrolling floral ground, in plain border with simple pierced outer band; and an upper section from an 'alam with very slightly tapering shaft pierced with interlaced arabesques terminating in a trefoil panel with arabesques below, pierced with a short inscription on scrolling ground, each with slight damages and surface pitting
largest: 9½ x 11 5/8in. (24.2 x 29.5cm.) (4)