AN IRAQI CALLIGRAPHIY PANEL SIGNED MOHAMMAD HUSSEIN GHA'I Karbala, Iraq,...
AN IRAQI CALLIGRAPHIY PANEL SIGNED MOHAMMAD HUSSEIN GHA'I
Karbala, Iraq, dated 1291 AH (1874 AD)
Arabic text on paper, nine lines per page written in black naskh script within cloud-shaped cartouches against a gilded ground, arranged diagonally in strips separated by thin bands with a repeated cruciform motif, the text panel mentioning Ayat Al-Kursi is set within two frames; one plain with a dark ground and the other decorated with stylized white flowers on a red ground, both enclosed within multiple gilded fillets over broader green border, the final colophon states that it was written in Karbala by Muhammad Hussein Gha’i in 1291 AH.
29.8cm x 19cm
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AN IRAQI CALLIGRAPHIY PANEL SIGNED MOHAMMAD HUSSEIN GHA'I
Karbala, Iraq, dated 1291 AH (1874 AD)
Arabic text on paper, nine lines per page written in black naskh script within cloud-shaped cartouches against a gilded ground, arranged diagonally in strips separated by thin bands with a repeated cruciform motif, the text panel mentioning Ayat Al-Kursi is set within two frames; one plain with a dark ground and the other decorated with stylized white flowers on a red ground, both enclosed within multiple gilded fillets over broader green border, the final colophon states that it was written in Karbala by Muhammad Hussein Gha’i in 1291 AH.
29.8cm x 19cm
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Time, Location
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