Lot Essay
The piece is dated AH..89. It must therefore be dated AH 1089/1678 AD or later.
The inscription is of a particularly good naskh calligraphy. It contains invocations to Muhammad and the twelve imams in the cartouches while the quatrefoils have nasta'liq verses. The arabesque work is of a fine quality, owing much to contemporary manuscript illumination.
The inscription is of a particularly good naskh calligraphy. It contains invocations to Muhammad and the twelve imams in the cartouches while the quatrefoils have nasta'liq verses. The arabesque work is of a fine quality, owing much to contemporary manuscript illumination.