ONE SIGNED MUHAMMAD SHARIF, SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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THREE CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS
ONE SIGNED MUHAMMAD SHARIF, SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Comprising of panel of horizontal format with a line of elegant black nasta'liq script within gold foliage, on gold-speckled paper, signed Muhammad Sharif in the lower right corner, laid down on card with marbled paper borders; and a double-sided panel with two nasta'liq quatrains on finely illuminated floral ground, one on blue paper, the other on cream paper, laid down between gold illuminated floral borders, the mount probably Indian, with an illegible Ottoman seal impression
The largest 10.3/8 x 6.1/4in. (26.3 x 15.8cm.)

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Lot Essay

Muhammad Sharif was a student of Muhammad Husayn al-Tabrizi (d. 1577 AD) and was a known calligrapher of nasta'liq script of the Safavid period. He was in charge of the inscriptions on monuments and government buildings during the reign of Shah Isma'il II (AH 984-85/1576-78 AD). None of his recorded works are dated (Mehdi Bayani, Ahval va Asar-e Khosh-Nevisan, Vol. III, Tehran, 1348 sh, pp. 680-83).

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