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THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED BY ABU TURAB, SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY; THE PAINTING MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
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A NASTA’LIQ QUATRAIN AND A LADY WITH A RAM
THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED BY ABU TURAB, SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY; THE PAINTING MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Recto with a nasta’liq quatrain on cream paper with gold flourishes, with 4ll. of strong nasta’liq, one smaller line at the middle and two small lines in the corners in clouds reserved against gold illuminated ground, one giving the name of the scribe, laid down within polychrome rules on pink margins with gold floral illumination, verso with a painting in opaque pigments heightened in gold depicting a lady holding on to a ram on a leash, an inscription in black nasta’liq above, laid down between polychrome rules on wide navy margins
Painting 5 ¼ x 3 7/8in. (13.4 x 9.7cm.); calligraphy 7 x 3 ½in. (17.7 x 8.6cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (29 x 17.6cm.)
THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED BY ABU TURAB, SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY; THE PAINTING MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Recto with a nasta’liq quatrain on cream paper with gold flourishes, with 4ll. of strong nasta’liq, one smaller line at the middle and two small lines in the corners in clouds reserved against gold illuminated ground, one giving the name of the scribe, laid down within polychrome rules on pink margins with gold floral illumination, verso with a painting in opaque pigments heightened in gold depicting a lady holding on to a ram on a leash, an inscription in black nasta’liq above, laid down between polychrome rules on wide navy margins
Painting 5 ¼ x 3 7/8in. (13.4 x 9.7cm.); calligraphy 7 x 3 ½in. (17.7 x 8.6cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (29 x 17.6cm.)
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