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THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED FAQIR MALIK, IRAN, 17TH CENTURY; THE PAINTING SAFAVID ISFAHAN, 17TH CENTURY
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A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL AND A YOUTH WITH A POMEGRANATE
THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED FAQIR MALIK, IRAN, 17TH CENTURY; THE PAINTING SAFAVID ISFAHAN, 17TH CENTURY
Recto with a calligraphic panel with 2ll. of strong black nasta’liq on a ground of gold-highlighted floral scrolls inhabited by animals, signed in the lower left hand corner, between polychrome rules and yellow border on wide pink margin decorated with gold floral lattice, verso with a painting in opaque pigments heightened with gold depicting a seated youth holding a pomegranate, laid down between polychrome rules and pink and blue borders on pink margin with gold floral scroll
Painting 6 ½ x 4 3/8in. (16.3 x 11.2cm.); calligraphy 3 7/8 x 8 1/8in. (9.8 x 20.6cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (29 x 17.6cm.)
THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED FAQIR MALIK, IRAN, 17TH CENTURY; THE PAINTING SAFAVID ISFAHAN, 17TH CENTURY
Recto with a calligraphic panel with 2ll. of strong black nasta’liq on a ground of gold-highlighted floral scrolls inhabited by animals, signed in the lower left hand corner, between polychrome rules and yellow border on wide pink margin decorated with gold floral lattice, verso with a painting in opaque pigments heightened with gold depicting a seated youth holding a pomegranate, laid down between polychrome rules and pink and blue borders on pink margin with gold floral scroll
Painting 6 ½ x 4 3/8in. (16.3 x 11.2cm.); calligraphy 3 7/8 x 8 1/8in. (9.8 x 20.6cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (29 x 17.6cm.)
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