A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
BY BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR, INDIA, MID 19TH CENTURY
A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION BY BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR, INDIA, MID 19TH CENTURY Ink and gouache heightened with gold on paper, the bold black calligraphy filled with elegant white scrolling and flowering vine, the interstices with trefoils, palmettes and lozenges filled with scrolling arabesques, larger areas with similar decoration above and below, the bottom of the composition with a red inscription giving the name of the scribe as Muhammad Abu Zafar Saraj al-Din Bahadur Shah Ghazi, the panel within gold rules, later inscription below, the reverse with blue and red pencil annotations and a trade label, area of waterstaining 11in. x 8½in. (28 x 21.5cm.)
A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
BY BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR, INDIA, MID 19TH CENTURY
A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION BY BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR, INDIA, MID 19TH CENTURY Ink and gouache heightened with gold on paper, the bold black calligraphy filled with elegant white scrolling and flowering vine, the interstices with trefoils, palmettes and lozenges filled with scrolling arabesques, larger areas with similar decoration above and below, the bottom of the composition with a red inscription giving the name of the scribe as Muhammad Abu Zafar Saraj al-Din Bahadur Shah Ghazi, the panel within gold rules, later inscription below, the reverse with blue and red pencil annotations and a trade label, area of waterstaining 11in. x 8½in. (28 x 21.5cm.)
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