A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION

SIGNED MUHAMMAD QAZWINI, QAJAR IRAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
SIGNED MUHAMMAD QAZWINI, QAJAR IRAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Black ink on card, with one line of elegant black nasta'liq script across the panel, bordered with foliage, signed along the bottom edge, covered with gold speckles and varnished, laid down on marbled card
Panel 11.5/8 x 16.1/2in. (29.4 x 41.8cm.)

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Lot Essay

Two calligraphic panels by Muhammad Qazwini, very similar in style to the present one, are in the Harvard Art Museums, apparently dated to 1845 and 1884 (https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/search?field_artist_search=Muhammad Qazwini).

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