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Caligraphy panels
Mir 'Ali
Persia, sixteenth century
two folios comprising a note in the hand of Mir 'Ali about the significance of learning the art of calligraphy, Persian manuscript on buff paper, each with eight lines of fine black nasta'liq between blue clouds containing gold and polychrome floral sprays, gold rosettes between sentences, the last line divided from the rest by a margin and containing a square of floral illumination on the left, minor damage and fading
folio 8 x 4¾in. (20 x 12cm.)
Mir 'Ali Haravi is credited with laying down the foundations of nasta'liq script. He wrote verses on all subjects and was known as one of the greatest calligraphers of his time. He lived in Herat until 1528 AD when 'Ubayd Khan captured the city and took Mir 'Ali to Bukhara where he died.
Minorsky,V (trans.): Calligraphers and Painters, Freer Gallery of Art Occasoinal Papers, Washington 1959, Vol.3, No.2, pp.126-31. (2)
Mir 'Ali
Persia, sixteenth century
two folios comprising a note in the hand of Mir 'Ali about the significance of learning the art of calligraphy, Persian manuscript on buff paper, each with eight lines of fine black nasta'liq between blue clouds containing gold and polychrome floral sprays, gold rosettes between sentences, the last line divided from the rest by a margin and containing a square of floral illumination on the left, minor damage and fading
folio 8 x 4¾in. (20 x 12cm.)
Mir 'Ali Haravi is credited with laying down the foundations of nasta'liq script. He wrote verses on all subjects and was known as one of the greatest calligraphers of his time. He lived in Herat until 1528 AD when 'Ubayd Khan captured the city and took Mir 'Ali to Bukhara where he died.
Minorsky,V (trans.): Calligraphers and Painters, Freer Gallery of Art Occasoinal Papers, Washington 1959, Vol.3, No.2, pp.126-31. (2)