AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC DIPLOMA (IJAZEH) HAFIZ MUSTAFA

Aljanat taht ‘aqdam alamhat’ (Paradise is under the feet of mothers).
Gouache heightened with gold on card, Arabic manuscript on paper, with a large heading in black muhaqqaq outlined in gold above 2 lines of elegant naskh in gold reserved against punched gold ground, three polychrome and gold roundels, below this two further oval cartouches with 5 lines and 5 lines of naskh with gilt and polychrome floral margins set on gold ground with floral bouquets.
32 by 23 cm.