拍品 321
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A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION

LUCKNOW, OUDH, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

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A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
LUCKNOW, OUDH, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Ink and pigments on paper, the composition in black thuluth script arranged in a square surrounded with foliage rising from a bulbous base, the names of the Prophet contained in floral blossoms within the foliage, with blue and pink floral borders, with signature of Hafiz Ibrahim, Lucknow along the base of the vase, mounted, framed and glazed
15 x 10?in. (38 x 27cm.)

拍品專文

The text in the central square is the name of Allah, repeated four times, and invocations to the Prophet around. The inscription at top is from a Hadith of the Prophet.

Hafiz Ibrahim was the son of the celebrated Lucknow calligrapher Nur Allah. He worked at the court of Sa'dat 'Ali Khan, Nawab of Oudh from 1798 to 1814.