A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION, SIGNED BY MIR MUHAMMAD, PERSIA, QAJAR, DATED 1247 AH/1831 AD

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

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Description

Pen and ink
5 1/8 x 9 inches

Ink on paper, signature and date at lower centre, mounted with borders of stout paper

Provenance

Adrienne Minassian, New York, 1955

Exhibited

Line and Space: Calligraphies from Medieval Islam, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 1984

Catalogue Note

Two other calligraphic designs by the same calligrapher have been sold in these rooms, 27 April 1982, lots 28 and 29. One was dated 1834 and recorded the scribe's nisba as Qazwini, the other was dated 1844.

The text is part of verse 137 of Surat al-Baqara (II) from the Qur'an.