Property from an Important Private Collection A calligraphic quatrain signed by ‘Imad al-Hasani (d.1024 AH/1615 AD), Safavid Persia, dated 1012 AH/ 1603-4, Persian manuscript on gold speckled paper with a blue and gold frame, the reverse with a...

Property from an Important Private Collection A calligraphic quatrain signed by ‘Imad al-Hasani (d.1024 AH/1615 AD), Safavid Persia, dated 1012 AH/ 1603-4, Persian manuscript on gold speckled paper with a blue and gold frame, the reverse with a seal impression in the shape of a turban, the leaf 23 x 13.5cm. Note: A student of Muhammad Husayn Tabrizi, Mir ‘Imad al-Hassani was originally from Qazwin, during his life he travel extensively throughout Persia, Arabia – to complete the hajj- Turkey and Syria, residing for a while in Aleppo. This calligraphy is dated after his travels, when he had already returned to the Shah’s court (he came back in 1005 AH/1596-7 AD); after a while he was accused of being a Sunni and a Sufi and was assassinated by the Shah’s guards. Several calligraphies by him survived: a calligraphy dated 1017 AH/1608-9 is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv.no.46.126.3; several examples are mounted in a later album now in the Royal Collection Trust, Winsor, inv.no.1005068; for similar calligraphies on the market, see Christie’s London, 13 April 2010, lot 194 and 195 or Sotheby’s Paris, 22 October 2015, lot 49.
Condition report: In fair condition, a central fold, minor losses and holes, some smudges to the lower left corner, as viewed.