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A LARGE CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE
SIGNED MUHAMMAD 'ALI, ACRE, OTTOMAN PALESTINE, DATED AH 1344/1925-26 AD
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A LARGE CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE
SIGNED MUHAMMAD 'ALI, ACRE, OTTOMAN PALESTINE, DATED AH 1344/1925-26 AD
Ink on paper, with five panels laid down on card, each containing different styles of calligraphy, small polychrome floral flourishes around, some flaking and staining, signed in the lower left hand corner
Calligraphy 18 ¾ x 32 7/8in. (47.8 x 83.2cm.); folio 24 3/8 x 38 ½in. (62 x 98cm.)
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The bismallah Al-mulk lillah al-‘ali al-qadir (?), 'Dominion belongs to God, The Exalted, The All-Powerful'
A saying attributed to the Prophet, 'I am the city of knowledge and ‘Ali is its gate'
An undeciphered calligraphic composition
Qur'an VII, sura al-a'raf, vv.196-197
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