QAJAR IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM (MURAQQA')
QAJAR IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Of concertina form, 38ff., comprising 37 calligraphic panels and 1 photograph in a variety of scripts and styles, most with gold and polychrome illumination, laid down on dyed card within gold and polychrome rulings, with pencil annotations identifying some of the hands, the covers green velvet with red morocco edging, the doublures red leather
Folio 11 5/8 x 7 5/8in. (29.5 x 19.4cm.)

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Lot Essay

Some of the signed and dated panels include:

· Siyah mashq by Mir Husayn, dated AH 1288/1871-2 AD
· Sayings of Imam ‘Ali in naskh, by ‘Abd al-‘Ali, dated AH 1226/1811-12 AD
· Page from a Qur’an in naskh, by Muhammad Taqi
· A piece in naskh, attributed to Ahmad al-Nayrizi
. Shikasteh piece dated Shawwal AH 1300/1882-3 AD
· A saying of Imam ‘Ali in nasta‘liq by Muhammad Baqir, dated AH 1263/August-September 1883 AD

Further attributions in pencil in a modern hand in lower margin include the names of well known calligraphers such as Mir ‘Imad, Visal-i Shirazi, Mirza Husayn Turk, Yusuf Qazvini, ‘Abd al-Rashid, Sultan ‘Ali Mashhadi and Ikhtiyar al-Munshi. For further information please refer to the department.

For further information on the collection of Hossein Khadjeh Nouri please refer to the catalogue note of lot 38.

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