TWO PERSIAN CALLIGRAPHY EXERCISES (SIYAH MASHQ) SIGNED MAHMOUD MODIR AL-DOWLEH...
TWO PERSIAN CALLIGRAPHY EXERCISES (SIYAH MASHQ) SIGNED MAHMOUD MODIR AL-DOWLEH
Iran, dated 1271 AH (1854 AD) and 1319 AH (1901 AD)
Arabic religious text on paper, one set against a brown ground and comprising 11 lines of nasta'liq script, enclosed within a double frame bordered by gilded fillets and a broader pale pink border, dated 1271 AH, the other featuring a Shi'a religious text against a red ground, enclosed within a double frame bordered by gilded fillets and set against a light blue ground; signed by Mahmoud Modir Al-Dowleh, a prominent Qajar-period statesman, military minister, and master calligrapher, and dated 1319 AH, corresponding to the period when he served as Minister of the Interior.
36cm x 26cm; 32cm x 25cm (2)
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TWO PERSIAN CALLIGRAPHY EXERCISES (SIYAH MASHQ) SIGNED MAHMOUD MODIR AL-DOWLEH
Iran, dated 1271 AH (1854 AD) and 1319 AH (1901 AD)
Arabic religious text on paper, one set against a brown ground and comprising 11 lines of nasta'liq script, enclosed within a double frame bordered by gilded fillets and a broader pale pink border, dated 1271 AH, the other featuring a Shi'a religious text against a red ground, enclosed within a double frame bordered by gilded fillets and set against a light blue ground; signed by Mahmoud Modir Al-Dowleh, a prominent Qajar-period statesman, military minister, and master calligrapher, and dated 1319 AH, corresponding to the period when he served as Minister of the Interior.
36cm x 26cm; 32cm x 25cm (2)
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