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    12 October 1999

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    • Calligraphy
    Lot 48

    Calligraphy

    BY MIR 'IMAD AL-HASANI, SAFAVID PERSIA, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 1,610

    Estimate

    GBP 1,400 - GBP 1,600

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    Calligraphy
    By Mir 'Imad al-Hasani, Safavid Persia, late 16th/early 17th Century
    Manuscript on paper, 4ll. of black nasta'liq within gold clouds, highlighted with gold and polychrome cartouches, mounted on card, verso with another leaf of calligraphy dated 1303, also mounted
    Folio 12 x 7in. (30 X 19.7cm.)

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    Lot Essay

    For more on Mir 'Imad al-Hassani see Christie's Islamic art and Manuscripts, April 19 and 20, lot 351.
    See also lots 49 and 54.

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