A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
SIGNED ISMA'IL JALAYIR, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1860
A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL SIGNED ISMA'IL JALAYIR, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1860 Gouache on buff card, comprising a Persian couplet of Sa'di interspersed with others similar, the main couplet written in large nasta'liq painted in black, the interiors of the letters filled with closely drawn flowers, the other couplets in smaller white nasta'liq , the remaining space decorated with the finely painted workings of a dense design of flowers and birds in black, white, red, green and touches of blue, lower left hand corner signed Isma'il Jalayir, slightly trimmed 20¼ x 42¾in. (51.5 x 108.6cm.)
A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
SIGNED ISMA'IL JALAYIR, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1860
A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL SIGNED ISMA'IL JALAYIR, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1860 Gouache on buff card, comprising a Persian couplet of Sa'di interspersed with others similar, the main couplet written in large nasta'liq painted in black, the interiors of the letters filled with closely drawn flowers, the other couplets in smaller white nasta'liq , the remaining space decorated with the finely painted workings of a dense design of flowers and birds in black, white, red, green and touches of blue, lower left hand corner signed Isma'il Jalayir, slightly trimmed 20¼ x 42¾in. (51.5 x 108.6cm.)
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