An album page of calligraphic practice writing (siyah mashq) in profuse nasta'liq script, Persia, 17th-18th Century

Persian manuscript on paper, closely intertwining nasta'liq script written diagonally in black ink within cloudbands on a ground of floral motifs in colours and gold, the composition laid down on an album page with blue floral inner border and wide outer border with scrolling floral motifs in gold on an orange ground
composition 204 x 128 mm.; album page 393 x 260 mm.

Provenance
The Shakerine Collection.

See lot 28 for a page from the same album and by the same calligrapher.

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