A DECCANI CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM PAGE
CENTRAL INDIA, PROBABLY BIJAPUR, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
A DECCANI CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM PAGE CENTRAL INDIA, PROBABLY BIJAPUR, Second quarter of the 17TH CENTURY With rectangular cartouches containing calligraphic inscription of Arabic verses, center with four cartouches with orange borders containing fine verses in naskh , bounded on both sides with further rectangular cartouches containing verses in naskh , bounded above and below by large cartouches with verses in thuluth , set on white and black marbled ground inside elegant predominantly blue marbled margins, Verso with central cartouche containing four lines of elegant nasta'liq Persian verses surrounded by ten cartouches containing further nasta'liq verses, also set inside predominantly blue marble margins, Arabic text containing verses from the al-burdah by al-busayri in celebration of the Prophet Muhammed's birthday 11 7/8 x 8¼ in. (30.2 x 20.9 cm.), painting 14¾ x 10½ in. (37.4 x 26.6 cm.), folio
A DECCANI CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM PAGE
CENTRAL INDIA, PROBABLY BIJAPUR, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
A DECCANI CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM PAGE CENTRAL INDIA, PROBABLY BIJAPUR, Second quarter of the 17TH CENTURY With rectangular cartouches containing calligraphic inscription of Arabic verses, center with four cartouches with orange borders containing fine verses in naskh , bounded on both sides with further rectangular cartouches containing verses in naskh , bounded above and below by large cartouches with verses in thuluth , set on white and black marbled ground inside elegant predominantly blue marbled margins, Verso with central cartouche containing four lines of elegant nasta'liq Persian verses surrounded by ten cartouches containing further nasta'liq verses, also set inside predominantly blue marble margins, Arabic text containing verses from the al-burdah by al-busayri in celebration of the Prophet Muhammed's birthday 11 7/8 x 8¼ in. (30.2 x 20.9 cm.), painting 14¾ x 10½ in. (37.4 x 26.6 cm.), folio
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