A fine large siyah mashq (calligraphic exercise) in nasta'liq script, signed by Muhammad Isma'il Gulpaygani, Persia, at Gulpaygan, dated dhi'l-qa'adah 1092/December 1681-January 1682
Persian manuscript on paper, text written diagonally in nasta'liq script in light brown, the colophon written in white also diagonally, in the other direction, all on an olive green ground within cloudbands against an illuminated ground with floral motifs in polychrome, laid down on a later album page with gilt floral borders
composition 295 x 173 mm.; album page 335 x 220 mm.
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Private UK collection.
The colophon, artfully written in white, inverted, states that the composition was copied in haste by Isma'il in Gulpaygan in dhi'l-qa'dah 1092. The year is in Persian and the word for thousand is smudged.
The scribe is likely to be the same Muhammad Isma'il Gulpaygani, whose only other recorded work is dated Sha'ban 1035/April-May 1626, and about whom nothing else is known. See Mehdi Bayani, ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol. 3, Tehran 1348 sh., pp. 638-39).
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Persian manuscript on paper, text written diagonally in nasta'liq script in light brown, the colophon written in white also diagonally, in the other direction, all on an olive green ground within cloudbands against an illuminated ground with floral motifs in polychrome, laid down on a later album page with gilt floral borders
composition 295 x 173 mm.; album page 335 x 220 mm.
Provenance
Private UK collection.
The colophon, artfully written in white, inverted, states that the composition was copied in haste by Isma'il in Gulpaygan in dhi'l-qa'dah 1092. The year is in Persian and the word for thousand is smudged.
The scribe is likely to be the same Muhammad Isma'il Gulpaygani, whose only other recorded work is dated Sha'ban 1035/April-May 1626, and about whom nothing else is known. See Mehdi Bayani, ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol. 3, Tehran 1348 sh., pp. 638-39).
Important Notice to Buyers
Some countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.
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