A CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM AND PANEL, THE PANEL SIGNED MUHAMMAD REZA AL-HUSAYNI, MASHHAD, QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY

A CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM AND PANEL
THE PANEL SIGNED MUHAMMAD REZA AL-HUSAYNI, MASHHAD, QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Ink and gold on paper, the album with 10ff., each with a line of large black nasta'liq script over a ground of gold and polychrome floral scrolls, laid down on blue card, concertina bound, the verses transcribed in modern Farsi on reverse in pencil, the card binding decorated with shamsas; the panel inscribed in nasta'liq with Qur'an LXI (al-saff), v.13 (nasr min Allah wa fath qarib wa bashshir al-mu'minin), signed in the left corner, laid down on marbled card
The album: folio 14 7/8 x 8 ½in. (37.8 x 21.5cm.)
The calligraphic panel: calligraphy 5 ¼ x 13 5/8in. (13.6 x 34.6cm.); panel 14 ½ x 21 ½in. (36.8 x 54.8cm.)