CARTOUCHE CALLIGRAPHIÉ (LEVHA) SIGNÉ ET DATÉ - Lot 162

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CARTOUCHE CALLIGRAPHIÉ (LEVHA) SIGNÉ ET DATÉ - Lot 162
CARTOUCHE CALLIGRAPHIÉ (LEVHA) SIGNÉ ET DATÉ BY MUHAMMAD HUSSAYN, IRAN, QAJAR ART, 1853-54 Gouache on paper, pasted in a black frame with golden fillets and mounted on a tan cardboard page. Long cartouche with a large nasta'liq inscription on a floral scroll background, signed Muhammad Husayn al-'A... and dated 1270H./1853-54, wear, tear on the left and repaints. A SIGNED AND DATED CALLIGRAPHY ALBUM PAGE (LEVHA), BY MUHAMMAD HUSSEIN, PERSIA, QAJAR, 1853-54. Size of calligraphy : 10 x 35 cm. size of page : 19,4 x 42 cm. A "levha" is an inscription in a framed cartouche, usually a monumental composition intended to be seen from afar. For similar levhas, see Nabil Safwat, The Art of the Pen. The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Volume 5, The Nour Foundation, Oxford, 1996, cats. 117-23, p. 181. Expert L.S.
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