A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (LEVHA)
A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (LEVHA)

INDIA, SIGNED RAHIM BAZ BAHVALPUR, DATED AH 1306/1888-89 AD

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A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (LEVHA)
INDIA, SIGNED RAHIM BAZ BAHVALPUR, DATED AH 1306/1888-89 AD
Black ink, opaque pigments and gold on blue paper, the large inscription in black thuluth script (Qur'an 18:39), with dense floral borders on black ground, a basmalla in the centre of the upper border in gold, signed and dated in the lower borders, framed and glazed
8 ¾ x 18 ¼in. (22.4 x 47cm.)

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