Live Auction 15505Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets
A DÉCOUPÉ CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE (MASHQ)
Lot 86

A DÉCOUPÉ CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE (MASHQ)

SIGNED 'IMAD AL-HASSANI, SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Closed25 October 2018

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A DÉCOUPÉ CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE (MASHQ)
SIGNED 'IMAD AL-HASSANI, SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, with lines of découpé gold nasta'liq on dark ground, gold clouds around, small areas of repainting, laid down between polychrome rules on gold-speckled blue borders, backed with card
Calligraphy 12 ¾ x 8 ¼in. (29.8 x 21cm.); folio 16 ½ x 12 ¼in. (41.9 x 31.2cm.)

Specialist note

Another panel of découpé calligraphy by ‘Imad al-Hassani sold at Christie’s, London, 23 April 2015, lot 49. For another calligraphic panel by ‘Imad al-Hassani in this sale and a note on the scribe, please see lot 90 in this sale.