Lot Essay
It is unlikely that the scribe of the larger panel is the famous Mir 'Imad al-Hassani as he died in 1615 AD and this panel is dated 1697-8 AD.
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SIGNED 'IMAD AL-HASSANI, SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
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TWO CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS
SIGNED 'IMAD AL-HASSANI, SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Comprising a nasta'liq quatrain with text on gold-speckled blue paper, signed below, within gold frame and laid down on marbled paper, and a panel of 8ll. of black nasta'liq script in clouds on gold ground, further text below written diagonally, signed 'Imad al-Hassani and dated Sha'ban AH 1108, between gold and polychrome rules, and another nasta'liq panel, possibly from a manuscript
5 x 2¾in (12.6 x 7cm) and 9 7/8 x 6¾in (24.6 x 17cm) (3)
SIGNED 'IMAD AL-HASSANI, SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Comprising a nasta'liq quatrain with text on gold-speckled blue paper, signed below, within gold frame and laid down on marbled paper, and a panel of 8ll. of black nasta'liq script in clouds on gold ground, further text below written diagonally, signed 'Imad al-Hassani and dated Sha'ban AH 1108, between gold and polychrome rules, and another nasta'liq panel, possibly from a manuscript
5 x 2¾in (12.6 x 7cm) and 9 7/8 x 6¾in (24.6 x 17cm) (3)