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Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000, US$ 2,300 - 3,100, €1,800 - 2,300")
A calligraphic composition in nasta'liq script, copied by Isma'il Qajar, in praise of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar
Persia, mid-19th Century
Persia, mid-19th Century
Persian manuscript on paper laid down on card, six lines of text in nasta'liq script in black ink within green cloudbands against a gold ground with polychrome vegetal motifs, gilt-decorated outer margins, in mount
227 x 146 mm.
227 x 146 mm.
Estimate:
£1,500 - 2,000
US$ 2,300 - 3,100
€1,800 - 2,300
US$ 2,300 - 3,100
€1,800 - 2,300
Footnotes
- Provenance:
The Property of a Lady.
The scribe is unrecorded.
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art
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