A SILK CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
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A SILK CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

MOROCCO OR NORTHERN AFRICA, 19TH CENTURY IN THE 18TH CENTURY STYLE

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A SILK CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
MOROCCO OR NORTHERN AFRICA, 19TH CENTURY IN THE 18TH CENTURY STYLE
The woven silk panel decorated with a dense lattice of cusped medallions inscribed in red over beige ground in fleshy thuluth script, the repeated inscription reading al-'afiya li al-mu'min (Good health for the believer), with cotton salvage, mounted, areas of wear and discolouration, loose threads
30½ x 54½in. (77.5 x 138.5cm.)
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