A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

SIGNED 'ABD AL-BAQI AL-TABRIZI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 997/1588-89 AD

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A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
SIGNED 'ABD AL-BAQI AL-TABRIZI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 997/1588-89 AD
Persian manuscript on card, with one large line of muhaqqaq above 3ll. of naskh, all in white clouds reserved against gold ground decorated with polychrome floral vine, two corners in each of the lower side panels with cusped foliage on blue ground, laid down within black rules set on wide orange margins
Panel 8½ x 11 3/8in. (21.8 x 28.8cm.); Painting folio 4 x 8in. (11 x 21 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This panel contains a ruling attributed to 'Ali bin Abi Talib from the Nahj al-Balagha.

'Abd al-Baqi' al-Tabrizi was a famous scribe of naskh and thuluth in the Safavid period. Along with 'Ali Reza 'Abbasi, he was responsible for the inscritions on the Masjid-i Shah (Masjid-i Imam) in Isfahan (Mehdi Bayani, Ahval va Asar-e Khosh-Nevisan, Vol. II, Tehran 1346 sh., p.364).

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