Lot Essay
A similar calligraphy also by Mahmud al-Shahabi can be found on the verso of a posthumous portrait of the Mughal Emperor Muhamamd Shah (r.1719-1748), now in the Cleveland Museum of Art (2013.347).
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SIGNED MAHMUD [IBN ISHAQ] AL-SHAHABI, PROBABLY SHAYBANID BUKHARA, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
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AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
SIGNED MAHMUD [IBN ISHAQ] AL-SHAHABI, PROBABLY SHAYBANID BUKHARA, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, recto with 3ll. strong black nasta'liq, the first and final are mirrored, reserved against illuminated ground, the corners each with a horizontal line of nasta'liq against blue illuminated panels, set within gold and white rules, on plain margins, the verso with 23ll. black nasta'liq arranged horizontally, vertically, and diagonally amid gold and polychrome illumination, to either side a further 4ll. white nasta'liq against indigo ground, within blue margins between gold and white rules, mounted, framed, and glazed
Panel 7 5⁄8 x 4 5/8in. (19.4 x 11.7cm.); folio 10 3⁄8 x 7 ¼in. (26.5 x 18.3cm.)
SIGNED MAHMUD [IBN ISHAQ] AL-SHAHABI, PROBABLY SHAYBANID BUKHARA, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, recto with 3ll. strong black nasta'liq, the first and final are mirrored, reserved against illuminated ground, the corners each with a horizontal line of nasta'liq against blue illuminated panels, set within gold and white rules, on plain margins, the verso with 23ll. black nasta'liq arranged horizontally, vertically, and diagonally amid gold and polychrome illumination, to either side a further 4ll. white nasta'liq against indigo ground, within blue margins between gold and white rules, mounted, framed, and glazed
Panel 7 5⁄8 x 4 5/8in. (19.4 x 11.7cm.); folio 10 3⁄8 x 7 ¼in. (26.5 x 18.3cm.)
Provenance
American art market, 1994
Literature
Cheney Cowles, Helen Delacretaz and Barry Till, Image and Word: Indian Paintings, Drawings, and Calligraphy (1350-1830), Victoria, 1998, p.21, fig.22
Exhibited
'Image and Word: Indian Paintings, Drawings, and Calligraphy (1350-1830)', Art Gallery of Victoria, Canada, 1998
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