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Album page signed Muhammad Kâzem Vâleh al-Isfahânî
Iran, dat…
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Album page signed Muhammad Kâzem Vâleh al-Isfahânî
Iran, dat…
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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Description
Album page signed Muhammad Kâzem Vâleh al-Isfahânî
Iran, dated AH 1204 (AD 1789-1790)
Calligraphy in black ink in shikasta ta'liq script, arranged in four elegantly balanced lines. The Persian text, traced with a remarkable mastery of rhythm, is a eulogy addressed to a certain Sayyid Nur al-Din wa'l-Dunya wa'l-Milla Muhammad al-Hilli, probably a Shi'ite dignitary from Hilla in Iraq. It is framed by richly illuminated margins decorated with gilded foliage on a lavender-blue background. Signed and dated.
Folio: 23.7 x 28 cm (9.3 x 11 in.); text: 6.7 x 11 cm (2.6 x 4.3 in.)
Provenance :
Private collection, Paris.
Muhammad Kazem Valeh al-Isfahani (d. AH 1229 / AD 1813-1814) was an Isfahani poet and calligrapher active at the turn of the Zand and Qajar eras, famous for his mastery of shikasta ta'liq (cf. Mahdi Bayani, Ahval va Asar-i Khush-Navisan, vol. III, Tehran, 1348 sh., pp. 823-824).
A signed calligraphic album page in shikasta ta'liq script by Muhammad Kazem Valeh al-Isfahani, Iran, 1204 AH / 1789-1790 AD. Iran.
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