A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL SIGNED MANSUR GHUMUQI, DAGHESTAN, DATED 1327AH/1909AD
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A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL SIGNED MANSUR GHUMUQI, DAGHESTAN, DATED 1327AH/1909AD
Gouache on paper, the upper section with "Muhammad" written in mirror image and to lower section a series of three arches, the two outer with flowering vases and central with "Muhammad" written in the form of a fountain, the whole with border of cartouches on a blue ground, mounted, glazed and framed - 22 x 16in (56 x 40.6cm)
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The nisba of the artist implies he was from the Ghazi-Ghumuq region in the south of present day Daghestan
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