THREE HORIZONTAL THULUTH CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Safavid Iran, 17th and 18th centuries

Comprising three calligraphic compositions, one with 4ll. of black ink thuluth script and minimal illuminated borders, the text a passage from the Shi'a Imam Ali’s collection of sermons, the Nahj al-Balagha, signed Mohammad Reza, dated 1089 AH (1678), set in blue borders, mounted, framed and glazed, 9.6cm x 22cm; a prayer with 2ll. of black ink thuluth script on brown paper, set in black borders, mounted, framed and glazed, 12cm x 23.5cm, 36cm x 46.3cm including the frame; and another, similar, the text against a cross-hatched brown field, signed Maqsud Al Tabrizi, with several library stamps, 8cm x 24.5cm, 34cm x 50cm including the frame.