Lot Essay
For a note on Sultan Muhammad Nur, please see lot 9.
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THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED SULTAN MUHAMMAD NUR, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY, THE PAINTING 17TH CENTURY
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THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED SULTAN MUHAMMAD NUR, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY, THE PAINTING 17TH CENTURY
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a solitary young lady in flowing blue robes and with long dark hair stands holding a green pear in her outstretched hand, around her later added gold floral sprays and clouds, laid down between minor pink borders with calligraphic cartouches on wide buff borders with gold floral and animal illumination, the verso with an elegant nasta'liq quatrain comprised of parts of a ghazal by Amir Khusraw Dehlavi on blue ground, small panels of smaller calligraphy in the corners, the lower one signed Sultan Muhammad Nur, laid down between minor pink borders and a border formed of calligraphic cartouches on similar wide gold illuminated margins, minor creasing and staining, mounted
Painting 7½ x 3 5/8in. (19.1 x 9.9cm.); calligraphy 5¼ x 3in. (13.3 x 7.6cm.); folio 14¼ x 9¼in. (35.7 x 23.2cm.)
THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED SULTAN MUHAMMAD NUR, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY, THE PAINTING 17TH CENTURY
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a solitary young lady in flowing blue robes and with long dark hair stands holding a green pear in her outstretched hand, around her later added gold floral sprays and clouds, laid down between minor pink borders with calligraphic cartouches on wide buff borders with gold floral and animal illumination, the verso with an elegant nasta'liq quatrain comprised of parts of a ghazal by Amir Khusraw Dehlavi on blue ground, small panels of smaller calligraphy in the corners, the lower one signed Sultan Muhammad Nur, laid down between minor pink borders and a border formed of calligraphic cartouches on similar wide gold illuminated margins, minor creasing and staining, mounted
Painting 7½ x 3 5/8in. (19.1 x 9.9cm.); calligraphy 5¼ x 3in. (13.3 x 7.6cm.); folio 14¼ x 9¼in. (35.7 x 23.2cm.)
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