SIGNED HAJJI MUHAMMAD RAFIQ, EASTERN CHINA, DATED 1930 AD

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A LONG UIGHUR CALLIGRAPHIC SCROLL
SIGNED HAJJI MUHAMMAD RAFIQ, EASTERN CHINA, DATED 1930 AD
Ink on paper, three panels laid down on silk, the first a bismillah in large black sini, the second Qur'an II, vv.255-257 (ayat al-kursi), the third their translation in Mandarin, each signed and stamped by the artist, dated on reverse
271 ¾in. (690cm.) long

Lot Essay

A number of related calligraphic works by Muslim Uighur Chinese calligraphers sold at Christie's South Kensington, 9 October 2009, lot 441 (Uighur artist Niaz Kenin Sharqi), lot 427, lot 431 (by 'Abd al-Hakim Liu Jingyi) and lot 271 (Muhammad Hasan bin Yusuf Shi Jie Cheng).

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