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SIGNED MUHAMMAD 'ALI, QAJAR IRAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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AN ALBUM OF CALLIGRAPIC PANELS (MURAQQA')
SIGNED MUHAMMAD 'ALI, QAJAR IRAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, the 14 panels laid down on red card between gold and polychrome illuminated borders, each panel with text in elegant black shikasteh script arranged in two columns, each line in clouds on gold ground, with illuminated cartouches above and below, last panel signed, in original gilt red morocco binding, weak gutters, otherwise very clean
Panel 4 5/8 x 2 1/8in. (11.7 x 5.3cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 7in. (28.6 x 17.8cm.)
SIGNED MUHAMMAD 'ALI, QAJAR IRAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, the 14 panels laid down on red card between gold and polychrome illuminated borders, each panel with text in elegant black shikasteh script arranged in two columns, each line in clouds on gold ground, with illuminated cartouches above and below, last panel signed, in original gilt red morocco binding, weak gutters, otherwise very clean
Panel 4 5/8 x 2 1/8in. (11.7 x 5.3cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 7in. (28.6 x 17.8cm.)