A calligraphic composition in shikasteh script signed by Abdul-Majid Dervish (d. AH 1185) dated AH 1177
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A calligraphic composition in shikasteh script, signed by Dervish 'Abd al-Majid, the famous shikasteh calligrapher Persia, dated AH 1177/AD 1763-64
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A calligraphic composition in shikasteh script, signed by Dervish 'Abd al-Majid, the famous shikasteh calligrapher
Persia, dated AH 1177/AD 1763-64
Persian manuscript on paper laid down on card, a Sufi text in prose in shikasteh script in black ink, interspersed with delicate floral motifs, inner floral and coloured borders, outer border with birds and floral and vegetal motifs in gold on a pale green ground, some wear and soiling to outer border, repairs, in mount
324 x 235 mm.

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  • Provenance:
    The Property of a Lady.

    Darvish 'Abd al-Majid Taliqani is the most celebrated shikasteh calligrapher, whose work was widely copied by later scribes. This is a rare example of his writing in large scale. He was from Taliqan but moved to Isfahan where he was much respected and wrote many calligraphic pages for nobles of the city. He was also a poet with the pen-name Khamush and died in 1771. See Mehdi Bayani, ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol. IV, Teheran, 1358 sh., pp. 252-4.
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