A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

SIGNED SHAH MAHMUD [NISHAPURI], IRAN, 16TH CENTURY

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A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
SIGNED SHAH MAHMUD [NISHAPURI], IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on gold-speckled blue paper, three couplets in elegant black nasta'liq, two polychrome and gold illuminated corners with scrolling flowering vine and interlocking palmettes, the lower one with signature, set within gold floral borders on wide blue margins decorated with gold flowers, mounted
Calligraphic panel 6 x 2½in. (15.2 x 6.4cm.); folio10 5/8 x 6¾in. (27 x 17cm.)

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Shah Mahmud al-Nishapuri, also known as Zarin Qalam ('Golden Pen'), lived and worked in Tabriz for most of his life. He was a royal calligrapher to Shah Tahmasp (d.1574) and was without doubt one of the greatest calligraphers of his time, renowned for his 'perfect nasta'liq'. When the Shah lost interest in the Arts, Shah Mahmud moved to Mashhad and worked there under the patronage of Ibrahim Mirza (d.1577) until he died (Norah M. Titley, Persian Miniature Painting and its Influence on the Art of Turkey and India, London 1983, pp.84,103,105, fig.81; and A.J. Arberry (ed.), The Chester Beatty Library. A Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts and Miniatures, vol.II, no.179). For further information please also see Mehdi Bayani, Ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol.I, Tehran 1345 sh, pp.295-304, vol.II, 1346, pp.305-7 and V. Minorsky, Calligraphers and Painters, 1959, pp.134-7. His recorded work is dated between AH 923-982/1517-75 AD.

A similar panel in the Aga Khan Collection also signed by Nishapuri (1487-1564/65) is dated by Anthony Welch to circa 1540-50 and attributed to Tabriz or Mashhad (Anthony Welch and Stuart Cary Welch, Arts of the Islamic Book: The Collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, New York, 1982, no. 24, pp. 76-77).

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