A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

SIGNED MALIK [DAYLAMI], SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY

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A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
SIGNED MALIK [DAYLAMI], SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Ink on gold-speckled blue paper, the panel with eight lines of fine black nasta'liq script written diagonally, each in cloud bands on later added gold ground, the two long sides with panels of small black nasta'liq script, black seal impression at top, laid down on pink silhouette borders with gilt foliage, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 12¾ x 7 1/8in. (32.5 x 18cm.)

Lot Essay

Malik Daylami (AH 924-969/1518-1562 AD) was a famous nasta'liq scribe who originally worked at the library of Sultan Ibrahim Mirza in Mashhad but was called by Shah Tahmasp to Qazvin to write the inscriptions of the Chehel Sutun. He then remained at his court until his death. The famous Shah Tahmasp album in the Topkapi was produced under his supervision (Mehdi Bayani, Ahval va Asar-e Khosh-Nevisan, Vol. III, Teheran 1348 sh., pp. 598-609).

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