QAJAR IRAN, MID-19TH CENTURY

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DOUBLE ALBUM PAGE OF CALLIGRAPHY
Qajar Iran, mid-19th century
Each folio with four lines of black nasta'liq inscribed below katib-e hazrat-e sultani against a ground of gold and polychrome floral meander within borders of gul-o bulbul on pink ground, framed and glazed
Each folio 11¼ x 7½in. (28.8 x 38.6cm.)

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Lot Essay

The scribe who signs himself katib-e hazrat-e soltani may be Muhammad Husayn Shirazi who was still alive in 1316/1898-9. The poem on the left is in praise of the King, and Nasir al-Din Shah was fond of his work, much of which is still in the Gulistan Palace Library.

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