Calligraphic studies by Mirza Gholam Reza Isfahani, manuscripts on paper [Qajar Persia, c. 1860 AD]

A Pair of Calligraphic studies, firmly attributed to the master scribe, Mirza Gholam Reza Isfahani, in Farsi, decorated manuscripts on paper [Qajar Persia, c. 1860 AD] Two leaves, each with 8-10 lines of fine and highly stylised black nasta'liq, some faint surface soiling, slight discolouration along creases of old folds, mounted later borders ruled in blue and red, each approximately 210 by 175mm.; in modern card mounts and framed Mirza Gholam Reza Isfahani was a celebrated Persian calligrapher, known for the characteristic overlaying technique seen here, as well as his distinctive highly stylised calligraphy, which truly celebrates nasta'liq script. The attribution here was made by the revered expert, Mohammad Ali Karimzadeh Tabrizi, with his personal manuscript note on the attribution attached to the back of one of the frames.