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Lot 15

An album page of calligraphy in nasta'liq script, probably from a dispersed manuscript of the Sayings of the Imam 'Ali, signed by Mir 'Ali Tabrizi
Persia, 16th Century

6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,750 inc. premium

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An album page of calligraphy in nasta'liq script, probably from a dispersed manuscript of the Sayings of the Imam 'Ali, signed by Mir 'Ali Tabrizi
Persia, 16th Century

Persian manuscript on paper laid down on card, the central panel consisting of four lines in Arabic written horizontally in nasta'liq script in black ink interspersed with eight lines in nasta'liq script written diagonally in Persian, all within cloudbands against a ground of scrolling floral motifs, the album page borders later (19th Century) with animals in their natural habitat of trees and flowers in gold on a blue ground, a single line of nasta'liq in gold above the central panel
calligraphic panel 105 x 65 mm.; album page 302 x 201 mm.

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