拍品专文
Although the 18th century margins are trimmed, enough remain to reveal that it must once have been part of the Warren Hastings Album (see Sotheby's Bibliotheca Phillippica sale, 27 November 194, lots 790-813).
Calligraphic leaves by the 16th century Safavid calligrapher Mir 'Ali were popular in Mughal India and formed the basis for several albums. For other examples, see Calligraphie islamique: Textes sacra/e et profanes, Geneva, 1988, Exh. cat., no.54, p.171; Anthony Welch, Calligraphy in the Arts of the Muslim World, New York, 1979, no.83, p.191; Y. H. Safadi, Islamic calligraphy, London, 1978, no.111, p.97.
Calligraphic leaves by the 16th century Safavid calligrapher Mir 'Ali were popular in Mughal India and formed the basis for several albums. For other examples, see Calligraphie islamique: Textes sacra/e et profanes, Geneva, 1988, Exh. cat., no.54, p.171; Anthony Welch, Calligraphy in the Arts of the Muslim World, New York, 1979, no.83, p.191; Y. H. Safadi, Islamic calligraphy, London, 1978, no.111, p.97.