THREE CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS, SIGNED 'ABD AL-RAHIM AFSAR, ANOTHER KHADEM 'ALI AND THE THIRD, HIDAYAT ALLAH ZARIN QALAM, IRAN AND BIJAPUR, INDIA, ONE DATED AH 1097/1685-86 AD, THE OTHERS 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

THREE CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS
SIGNED 'ABD AL-RAHIM AFSAR, ANOTHER KHADEM 'ALI AND THE THIRD, HIDAYAT ALLAH ZARIN QALAM, IRAN AND BIJAPUR, INDIA, ONE DATED AH 1097/1685-86 AD, THE OTHERS 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
Persian poetry, the first signed 'Abdul Rahim Afsar, written in nasta'liq in various arrangements, in cloudbands on gold ground within illuminated dark cream borders; the second with 4ll. of nasta'liq written vertically on gold grounds and triangular illuminations, signed Khadem ‘Ali, framed in illuminated gold borders; the third with 6ll. of black nasta'liq in vertical and horizontal arrangements within clouds outlined in gold, all backed in plain card
Folio 14 ½ x 9 ¼in. (37 x 23.5cm.) (largest)