Arabic calligraphy

OMAR EL NAGDI (1931, CAIRO - 2019, CAIRO)

Arabic Calligraphy

A SILK AND METAL THREAD BROCADED CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL FROM THE KA'BA IN MECCA

MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA, 1928-1936

A SILK AND METAL THREAD BROCADED CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL FROM THE KA'BA IN MECCA

MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA, 1928-1936

AN OTTOMAN METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

AN ARABIC GRAMMAR

COPIED BY SULTAN 'ALI MASHHADI, DATED AH 923/1517-18 AD

THE ARABIC ALPHABET EXECUTED IN MASTERFUL CALLIGRAPHY ( MUFRADAT )

THE CALLIGRAPHY WITH NAME OF YAQUT AL-MUSTA'SIMI, BAGHDAD SCHOOL, LATE 13TH CENTURY OR EARLY 14TH CENTURY; THE ILLUMINATION IRAN, 16TH CENTURY

A SUPERB KHORASSAN SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRONZE INCENSE BURNER of cylindrical form on three feet with half-dome cover and bird finial, the sides lightly engraved and inlaid in copper with a band of arabic naskh calligraphy surrounded by scrolling vine and enclosed within copper inlaid bands meeting at times in continuous knot panels, flanked by narrower bands of scrolling vine around kufic benedictory inscriptions interrupted by roundels, the lip with a similar kufic inscription, the back of the dome with two triangular panels pierced with scrolling interlaced vine flanking a central panel engraved with similar motifs around the kufic signature of the maker, the leading edge of the dome with a similar band of copper-inlaid naskh calligraphy interrupted by roundels containing bird combat groups and by rectangles depicting prowling lions, the front of the dome with a pierced and shaped panel filled with scrolling leafy vine within copper inlaid borders, the bird finial of unusually naturalistic form with wings crossed over its back, the feather markings carefully detailed on all surfaces, the feet with simple scrolling floral motifs, the underside of the body with a large roundel depicting scrolling vine around the mounted figure of a falconer, 12th century (one foot repaired, one replaced, very slight damage to inlay) 8¼in. (20.6cm.) high

AN IMPRESSIVE GILT AND SILVER-EMBROIDERED CALLIGRAPHIC TEXTILE PANEL FOR THE HOLY SHRINES

SIGNED 'ABD AL-RAHIM AMINI, MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA, DATED AH 1413/1993 AD

PHILLIPPS, Sir Thomas (1792-1872). His personal seal of ivory, gold and stamp of carved carnelian. The seal an oval lozenge (23 x 16 mm), probably of Persian or Indian origin in the 19th century, delicately carved with floral ground and a calligraphic inscription in nasta 'liq Arabic: "Tahmas Fil Bs" (Thomas Phillipps). The fluted gold mount threaded to screw into the top of the ivory handle. 73 (height) x 30mm. (base diagonal). Fine condition. Provenance : E.P. Goldschmidt.

A CALLIGRAPHIC GREEN SILK TOMB COVER

OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

A GOLD-THREAD EMBROIDERED CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL FOR THE HOLY SHRINES

MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA, 20TH CENTURY

A rare example of the "Isfahan" shawl woven with a border of pavilions and domed minarets within lobed cartouches against an olive green ground, the centre with a lobed medallion, with Arabic calligraphic inscriptions reading "Couder 1834", "Isfahan", "Gaussen 1834" and an inscription saying that the shawl was exhibited at the exhibition of French manufactured goods in 1834-- 72 x 73in. (180 x 183cm.), circa 1834, French

A SINO-ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY PANEL BY YUSUF CHEN JINHUI (B. 1938)

A SINO-ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY PANEL SIGNED BY SHI JIE CHENG (MUHAMMAD HASAN IBN YUSUF)(1926-2006), DATED 1421AH/2000AD

AN ARABIC CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

SIGNED MUSTAFA AL-MAJDI KNOWN AS HAFIZ AL-QUR'AN, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

TAGLIENTE, Giovanni Antonio (1465/70-aft. 1527). Lo presente libro insegna la vera arte delo excellente scrivere... . Venice: Stephano da Sabio, November 1533. Small 4° (205 x 145mm). Woodcuts of various scripts, including Greek, Hebrew and Arabic alphabets, including several white-on-black examples, full-page woodcut of scribal tools, full-page view of Rhodes on verso of final leaf (occasional very light thumb-soiling). 19th-century old-style brown morocco by Chambolle-Duru, gilt edges. Provenance : James T. Mitchell (bookplate).

A SINO-ARABIC CALLIGRAPHIC BOAT, SALIH LI WEN CHAI (1935-2002)

A SINO-ARABIC CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

YUSUF CHEN JINHUI (B. 1938), CHINA

A SINO-ARABIC CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION

SALIH LI WEN CHAI (1935-2002), CHINA, 20TH CENTURY

A FINE ARABIC CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

SIGNED 'AMMAR AL-MUNJI, TUNISIA, MID-20TH CENTURY

A large Arabic manuscript written in gold on paper within rectangular calligraphic panels -- 15½in. x 11in., stamped leather covers, dated 1190 AH .

A SINO-ARABIC CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL, TANG SHU LIN (1921-2007), CHINA

A SINO-ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY PANEL BY SALIH LI WEN CHAI (1935-2002)

THOMS, WILLIAM J. editor . Early English Prose Romances. London, 1858. 3 volumes, 8vo, later green half morocco gilt, t.e.g. by ROOT & SON , spines faded, wear -- FLETCHER. The Pilgrim, A Comedy. 1724 -- PHILLIPS. The Distrest Mother. 1731 -- MACCHIAVELLI, NICCOL. De Republica, Libri III. Leiden, 1643. 8vo, old red morocco gilt, g.e., corners bumped, minor wear; minor browning and staining -- SHAKESPEARE. Pericles, Prince of Tyre. 1734. -- As you Like It. 1735 -- CENTLIVRE. A Bold Stroke for a Wife. 1729 -- STEELE. The Conscious Lovers. 1730. Together 6 volumes, 12mo, later calf gilt, rebacked, minor wear; minor staining -- CAWTHORN. Minor British Theatre. London, 1806. 6 volumes, 8vo, calf gilt, rebacked, defective -- GARRICK, DAVID. Poetical Works. London, 1785. 2 volumes, 8vo, later rose morocco gilt, t.e.g., minor wear to spine ends and edges -- KHAYYAM, OMAR. Sufi Interpretations of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam and Fitzgerald by C.H.A. Bjerregaard. New York, 1902. Illustrated. Folio, dark green morocco gilt, doublures with green morocco gilt turn-ins and red morocco onlay with gilt Arabic calligraphic inscription, red silk endpapers by BCOURT , minor wear to joints and edges -- PALGRAVE, FRANCIS TURNER. Palgrave's Golden Treasury. London and New York, 1907. Illustrated. 8vo, dark blue morocco gilt, g.e. by SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE , turn-ins gilt, slight wear to joints and edges -- PATER, WALTER. The Renaissance, Studies in Art & Poetry. Portland, 1912. 8vo, red morocco gilt, t.e.g. others uncut, minor wear -- BOCCACCIO. The Decameron. London, n.d. [1822]. Illustrated with colored plates. 2 volumes, 8vo, calf gilt, g.e., upper covers detached . Pickford Waller, bookplates -- GAULTIER, BON. The Book of Ballads. London, n.d. [early 20th c.]. Illustrated. 4to, blue half calf gilt, g.e., faded, wear -- EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. London, 1908. 8vo, purple morocco gilt, g.e. others uncut, slight wear -- ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY. Little Women. Boston, 1880. Illustrated. 8vo, red morocco gilt, g.e., uncut, minor wear -- VOLTAIRE, FRANOIS MARIE AROUET DE. The Princess of Babylon. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. Illustrated. 8vo, brown morocco gilt, g.e. others uncut, turn-ins gilt, slight wear -- MARSTON, JOHN. Works. London, 1856. 3 volumes, 8vo, half calf gilt, g.e. others uncut by BAYNTUN , minor wear to spines -- SELDEN, JOHN. Table-talk. N.p., n.d. [19th c.]. 8vo, cloth, wear; half-morocco folding slipcase -- and 48 other works, mostly in full or half leather, in 62 volumes. (92)

A SINO-ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY PANEL BY YUSUF CHEN JINHUI (B. 1938)

Album of calligraphy , Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, in the style of Ahmad al-Neirizi, 10ll. of fine elegant black naskh within gold clouds, occasional words in red, gold margins between black rules, mounted on coloured card with further margins of contrasting colour and gold, opening folio with gold and blue heading, f.3r. with gold and polychrome illuminated heading panel, red morocco binding with gold ruled borders with red velvet slip cover, Persia, 18th century , (negligible wear, loose from binding) - 8 x 5in. (20.4 x 12.9cm.)

A FINE ARABIC CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

SIGNED 'UMAR, CENTRAL ASIA, DATED AH 1313/1895-96 AD

Achdjian, Albert: Le Tapis , Paris, 1949; Achdjian, Albert and Berdj: Tapis d'Orient , Paris, 1979; Bennet, Ian: The Book of Oriental Carpets and Rugs , London, 1972; Bennet, Ian: Tapis du monde entier , 1982; Burlington House, London: Exhibition of Persian Art , London, 1931; Calatchi, Robert de: Tapis d'Orient , Paris, 1967; Prisse D'Avennes, Henri: L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments de Caire , Paris 1877; Falk, Toby: Qajar Paintings , London, 1972; Holt, Rosa Belle: Rugs, Oriental & Occidental , Chicago, 1901; Lewis, Griffin G.: The Mystery of the Oriental Rugs , Philadelphia and London, 1914; Lewis, Griffin G.: The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs , Philadelphia and London, 1913; Lings, Martin: The Quranic Art of Calligraphy & Illumination , London, 1976; Mazzini, Ferdinando: Tappeti Orientali , Livorno; Migeon, Gaston: Art Musulman , Paris, 1956; Mumford, John Kimberly: Oriental Rugs , New York, 1900; Windels, Fernand: Le Tapis , Paris, 1935, and twenty-two others works on similar subjects (38)

Wasli , Arabic manuscript on paper, a line of large naskh above a narrower panel of three lines of smaller script, all within gold and floral illuminated clouds, probably Ottoman, signed by 'Abd al-Baqi al-Tabrizi and dated AH 997/1588-9 AD , (some spotting and surface wear) - 4¼ x 8¼in. (10.6 x 20.8cm.); illuminated Qur'an folio , 6ll. of black naskh in gold clouds, illuminated outer borders - 8 x 5in. (20.3 x 12.9cm.); two calligraphic exercises , one with lines of Persian shikasteh - 6½ x 4in. (16.5 x 10.2cm.), the other with a phrase composed on minute lines of alternately coloured script on dark ground, similar circular border, the interstices decorated with arabesques, signed by Muhammad Nuri al-Siwasi and dated AH 1347/1928-9 AD - 11¾ x 14in. (30 x 35.5cm.), all mounted on card

An Arab shamshir, the steel blade decorated in gilt damascened with numerous calligraphic cartouches, horn hilt and leather scabbard with gilt damascened mounts (rubbed) -- 41½.in.long.

An Islamic circular bronze box and cover, the top with a roundel of Arabic calligraphy which translates as 'Praise be to God' (minor scratches) -- 4½in.diam.

An Arabic manuscript similar to the preceding written in gold on paper within rectangular calligraphic panels -- 7¼in. x 5¼in., floral lacquer covers, dated.

Nine pieces of calligraphy , manuscript on paper, including: an exercise in nasta'liq , the bismillah above, the phrase written with the tails of the letters joining to form a single motif, Persia, dated AH 1307/1889-90 AD , (one tear, small damages to edges) - 8 x 16in. (20.2 x 40.7cm.); a folio of overlapping nasta'liq - 11¾ x 8in. (30 x 20.2cm.); another similar with gold interlinear foliate motifs, signed by 'Imad al-Kitab - 9¾ x 6¾in. (24.5 x 17.2cm.) both Persia, 19th century ; a bifolio of nasta'liq within gold clouds, signed by Sultan al-Katib and dated AH 1141/1728-9 AD - 8 x 10¾in. (20.3 x 27.5cm.); a folio of naskh , Arabic, dated 3rd Jumada II AH 1141/1728-9 AD - 8¾ x 5¼in. (22.4 x 13.3cm.); a folio of shikasteh , Persian, 5ll. bewtween gold clouds - 7½ x 5½in. (19 x 14cm.); a Qur'an leaf, Safavid Persia, 17th century - 5¾ x 4in. (15 x 9.5cm.); two leaves from manuscripts - larger 10¾ x 7¼in. (27.6 x 18.5cm.), all mounted on card with applied coloured borders

A Personal Anthology of Darwish Mustafa al-Waizavi comprising an assembly of poetry, sayings, calligraphic excercises and notes by the author, many signed and with dates, mostly in Turkish, some also in Persian and Arabic, illuminated manuscript with occasional yellow, pink, blue or brown leaves, mostly in elegant nasta'liq, gold margins within black rules, illuminated headings and panels -- 7½in. x 4¼in., Ottoman, AH 1126-1148/1714-1735 AD.

A Chinese bronze tripod bombe censer with flattened everted rim, made for the Islamic market, decorated with three cartouche shaped panels of Arabic calligraphy -- 6in. (15.2cm) diam., Xuande six character mark to base .

A Bokhara silvered inlaid brass elongated pear-shaped coffee pot and hinged cover with slightly curving spout, decorated with borders of foliate designs -- 14½in. high; a Khorassan-style bronze ewer with s shaped handle and relief panels of birds amongst flowers, stylised calligraphy, leaping deer, the neck with two cartouches of roaring lions -- 12½in. high; an Indian brass tapering cylindrical coffee pot and hinged cover with s shaped handle and slightly flaring spout decorated in relief with broad bands of stylised foliage -- 9½in. high; an Arab brass coffee pot and hinged cover with S-shaped handle and flaring spout decorated in relief with vertical bands of stylised foliage -- 11in. high; a Persian damascened steel slender ewer with S- shaped handle and long curving spout -- 13in. high; and a Turkish tinned copper ewer and hinged cover with S-shaped handle and long flaring spout, with raised lobed panels below a incised foliate horizontal band -- 15¾in. high. (6)

A collection of five calligraphic folios, two written in kufic script, the remainder in Arabic, one written in ink and gilt as a calligraphic bird -- 5½in. x 3in. to 13in. x 9¼in. (5)

A Qur'an, illuminated opening page, thirteen lines black naskh, gilt leather cover; another smaller with illuminated headings, thirteen lines black naskh within gilt borders, leather covers; three Arabic manuscripts; a Qajar miniature portrait of a prince - 3¾in. x 2¼in.; an archaistic style miniature of figures in a landscape; two lacquered panels with figures; an Indian tinned copper semi-circular tray with a band of calligraphy; an embossed leather dhal; an Indian painted tin tray with a palace before a lake; a South Indian bronze figure of a deity seated cross-legged, the hands clasped before him; and a Sind pottery globular vase decorated with leaping deer among foliage - 10in.(a lot)

An Arabic calligraphic panel written in black ink on buff paper within gold rules -- 8in. x 16¾in., dated 1323 AH , framed and glazed.

An Arabic manuscript, twenty-eight lines of calligraphy, headings in red ink, within double red rules, some margin notations in red -- 12¼ x 8in, embosed leather covers.

A calligraphic panel: ayat al-kursi, Arabic manuscript on paper, a line of large black naskh above a narrower panel of five smaller lines, gold rosettes between verses, illuminated side panels, gold margin between black rules, Ottoman, signed by Shaikh Isma'il al-Mawlani, Qasin Fawzi, Muhammad b. Hudda and Hind Hasan Aghayakimzadeh(?), pupils of Sayyid Muhammad Hilmi, a pupil of Sayyid Muhammad known as Shakerzadeh, a pupil of Shailh Hafiz Shahmam(?) and dated AH 1183/1769-70 AD , on pink leaf - 3in. x 8in.; and three others similar, containing hadith, one signed by Muhammad Hilmi - 4¼in. x 7in.; - 2¾in. x 4¾in.; and - 3in. x 8in., all mounted, framed and glazed (4)

Calligraphic panel , Arabic manuscript on paper, a phrase in bold black naskh, marbled paper borders within gold and coloured margins, Ottoman, signed by Khalil Kutahya and dated AH 1322/1904-5 AD , framed and glazed, (some creasing and staining) - 13¼ x 29½in. (33.6 x 75cm.)

ECOLE OTTOMANE DU XVIIEME - XIXEME SIECLE

EXERCICE DE CALLIGRAPHIE, AVEC DE NOMBREUSES INVOCATIONS RELIGIEUSES EN ARABE