* THREE FRAMED NASTA’LIQ CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Iran, 19th century

Comprising a panel of Persian nasta'liq calligraphy, in black ink on finely illuminated paper, signed lower right in shikasteh script Ali Naqi Katib Humayun, within orange and green borders, the folio 20cm x 13.8cm, 42.5cm x 34.6cm including the frame; a folio of Turkish poetry, 10ll., arranged in two varnished columns in illuminated cloudbands, in multiple polychrome borders, on cream mount, framed and glazed, the folio 22.7cm x 15cm, 45cm x 36cm including the frame; and a folio of Arabic prayers, 6ll., in elegantly illuminated cloudbands, within grey and pink borders, on blue album card, gilt-framed and glazed, the folio 12.8cm x 6.5cm, 30.2cm x 21cm including the frame.