A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

SIGNED MUHAMMAD MU'MIN AL-HUSAYNI, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY

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A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
SIGNED MUHAMMAD MU'MIN AL-HUSAYNI, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
Ink, pigments and gold on cream paper, the central panel a black nasta'liq quatrain with lines written diagonally, each in cloud bands on gold floral illuminated ground, signed in the lower left corner, four panels of a single line of black nasta'liq around, three panels with lines of small black nasta'liq script and a small painting of two ladies at a window, laid down on blue card with gilt foliage
14 ½ x 10 5/8in. (37 x 27.1cm.)

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