Six Safavid calligraphic khatamkari wood panels, Persia, signed Muhammad Reza and dated A.H. 1110 / A.D. 1698-9

of oblong form with foliate ends, each with an Arabic inscription in thuluth with the ground carved back so the letters stand in relief, one panel signed and dated, border decoration of micromosaic inlay in bone, mother-of-pearl and brass, mounted on modern canvas panels with thin wood frames

Published in 1400 Years of Islamic Art 1981, no.157

inscriptions

The panels include calls to God to bless the Prophet, Imam 'Ali, the sixth to ninth and eleventh to twelfth imams each with usual and uncommon attributes. 

Two panels include titles for a woman without names.

One panel is signed: 'Muhammad Reza wrote it 1110 (1698-9)'

Muhammad Reza is a scribe of Isfahan who wrote the inscriptions in the Chahar Bagh Madrasa, dated 1119 (1707-08).

Muhammad Reza is not to be confused with the earlier Muhammad Reza Imami, whose recorded works include the Shah mosque in Isfahan dated 1040 (1630-31).