A SAFAVID CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

SIGNED MU'IZZ AL-DIN MUHAMMAD AL-HUSAYNI, IRAN, CIRCA 1570 AD

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A SAFAVID CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
SIGNED MU'IZZ AL-DIN MUHAMMAD AL-HUSAYNI, IRAN, CIRCA 1570 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, the central panel with text in black nasta'liq written along the diagonal within cloud bands on gold and polychrome floral illuminated ground, the border with further calligraphic cartouches in nasta'liq, between gold and polychrome floral borders, mounted, framed and glazed
Panel 9 5/8 x 5in. (24.5 x 12.6cm.)

Lot Essay

A copy of a masnavi by Nur al-Din Jilali Jaghata'i (d. 1530 AD) in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore is signed by Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad al-Husayni and dated 1570-71 AD (https://art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=37779). The illumination of the opening bifolio is also very similar in style to that of the present panel.

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