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AN IMPORTANT QAJAR ALBUM OF CALLIGRAPHY AND PAINTINGS
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AN IMPORTANT QAJAR ALBUM OF CALLIGRAPHY AND PAINTINGS

MOSTLY QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY

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AN IMPORTANT QAJAR ALBUM OF CALLIGRAPHY AND PAINTINGS
MOSTLY QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising 34 leaves, most with calligraphic panels in shikasteh or nasta'liq script, or with Qajar or Kashmiri miniatures, numerous borders finely illuminated, one panel signed Fath'Ali and dated AH 1277, in original stamped light brown morocco binding
Folio 11 x 7 3/8in. (27.9 x 18.7cm.)
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Lot Essay

Numerous paintings in this album are very similar to a number of works of the late Qajar period period published by Adel Adamova, Persian Manuscripts, Paintings and Drawings, London, 2012, cat.259-285, pp.384-392.

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