A NASTA'LIQ QUATRAIN

SIGNED MALIK MUHAMMAD AL-ARDABILI, TABRIZ, IRAN, DATED AH 1074/1663-64 AD

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A NASTA'LIQ QUATRAIN
SIGNED MALIK MUHAMMAD AL-ARDABILI, TABRIZ, IRAN, DATED AH 1074/1663-64 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, with 4ll. of black nasta'liq on gold and blue highlighted paper, a further line below with the signature and date, three further panels of calligraphy around, one stating that the panel was copied in the dar al-sultaneh in Tabriz, laid down between polychrome rules and a blue border with stellar lattice on wide margins with gold illuminated landscape, backed on card
Calligraphy 11 x 6 ¼in. (28 x 15.7cm.); folio 21 1/5 x 15 3/8in. (54.8 x 39cm.)

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A quatrain by 'Ubayd Zakani

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Lot Essay

Verses by Jami, copied by the same scribe, are found on the back of a portrait of Babur in the Royal Collection (RCIN 1005038.c; https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/1005038-c/portrait-of-emperor-babur).

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