A Sino-Arabic calligraphic panel by Abd al-Hakim (Liu Jingyi) China, late 20th Century/early 21st Century
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A Sino-Arabic calligraphic panel by Abd al-Hakim (Liu Jingyi)
China, late 20th Century/early 21st Century
Arabic and Chinese manuscript on rice paper, the text consisting of sura al-Ikhlas in a circular shape, a translation in Chinese, the artist's signature and seal impressions on the left, framed
97 x 47 cm.
Estimate:
£2,000 - 3,000
€2,300 - 3,500
US$ 3,000 - 4,500

Footnotes

  • Liu Jingyi was born in 1943 and was trained by Guo Zhen Duo in Chinese calligraphy, and by Cao Jin Zao in Arabic calligraphy. He has exhibited in Beijing (1989), Kuala Lumpur (2002), and Tehran (2005). See Francoise Aubin, 'L'Art de l'écriture chez les musulmans de Chine', in Horizons maghrébins, vol. 12 (1999), pp. 29-43; and Haji Abdul Hakim Liu Jingyi, Selected Works of Chinese and Arabic Calligraphy, Beijing 2008 [in Chinese].

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art

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