Title: Album Page with Calligraphic Composition
Date: circa 1600–1615
Location: Iran
Materials: ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper; mounted on card within borders of tinted paper
Dimensions: 19.8 x 10cm (calligraphic panel)
Accession Number: CAL 216
Other Notes:
Mir ‘Imad al-Hasani was the undisputed master of nasta‘liq, the script used in this example. He was murdered in 1615, reputedly for offending Shah ‘Abbas (r. 1587 – 1629).
Script:
written in nasta‘liq script
Bibliography:
N.F. Safwat, The Art of the Pen. Calligraphy of the 14th to 20th Centuries, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume V, London 1996, cat.62, pp.130–31.
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