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MARGINS SIGNED MUHAMMAD HUSAYN, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1888
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A BIFOLIO FROM THE NASIR AL-DIN SHAH ALBUM
MARGINS SIGNED MUHAMMAD HUSAYN, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1888
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, both folios with nasta'liq découpé calligraphic compositions, one in white and the other in red, set in black clouds reserved against gold ground, the gold and polychrome margins with découpé scrolls and foliage, the margins signed Muhammad Husayn, within gold rules, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 18¼ x 12 1/8in. (46.3 x 30.7cm.)
MARGINS SIGNED MUHAMMAD HUSAYN, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1888
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, both folios with nasta'liq découpé calligraphic compositions, one in white and the other in red, set in black clouds reserved against gold ground, the gold and polychrome margins with découpé scrolls and foliage, the margins signed Muhammad Husayn, within gold rules, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 18¼ x 12 1/8in. (46.3 x 30.7cm.)
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