Title: Calligraphic Panel
Date: 19th century
Location: Iran or India
Materials: ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper; mounted on card and heavily varnished
Dimensions: 20 x 14.6cm (main panel)
Accession Number: CAL 178
Other Notes:
There are several examples of this mihrab-shaped composition, although different Qur’anic verses and prayers are used. here, the text consists of a basmalah; surah al-Qalam (LXVIII), verses 51–2; the phrase ma sha’a Allah; and al-hamdu li’l-lah.
Script:
written in an ornamental, Kufic-like 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.125, pp.183.
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