A double-sided calligraphic album page, Persia, calligraphy, 16th century, illumination and...
A double-sided calligraphic album page,
Iran, calligraphy, 16th century, illumination and decoration probably early 17th century,
Ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, calligraphy in naskh, thuluth and nasta'liq scripts, borders decorated with gold floral scrolls, with one three-line calligraphy attributed by a later hand to “Yaqut”,
34 x 21.6cm.
Provenance: Adrienne Minassian, New York, 1955; Collection of Stuart Cary Welch, Sotheby's London, 6 April 2011, Lot 44 (part lot)
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A double-sided calligraphic album page,
Iran, calligraphy, 16th century, illumination and decoration probably early 17th century,
Ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, calligraphy in naskh, thuluth and nasta'liq scripts, borders decorated with gold floral scrolls, with one three-line calligraphy attributed by a later hand to “Yaqut”,
34 x 21.6cm.
Provenance: Adrienne Minassian, New York, 1955; Collection of Stuart Cary Welch, Sotheby's London, 6 April 2011, Lot 44 (part lot)
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