Lot 276: A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
SIGNED BY ISMA'IL JALAYIR, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1860
Gouache on buff card, comprising a Persian couplet written in large nasta'liq in dark grey, the interiors of the letters filled with closely drawn floral and avian motifs, further inscription in smaller white nasta'liq and naskh, the remaining space around the inscription filled with a dense design of flowers and birds in white and grey with occasional flowerheads in pink and green, folio slightly trimmed, mounted, framed and glazed
17½ x 25 5/8in. (44.3 x 65.2cm.)

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A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
SIGNED BY ISMA'IL JALAYIR, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1860
Gouache on buff card, comprising a Persian couplet written in large nasta'liq in dark grey, the interiors of the letters filled with closely drawn floral and avian motifs, further inscription in smaller white nasta'liq and naskh, the remaining space around the inscription filled with a dense design of flowers and birds in white and grey with occasional flowerheads in pink and green, folio slightly trimmed, mounted, framed and glazed
17½ x 25 5/8in. (44.3 x 65.2cm.)