Bidspirit auction | A QAJAR FRAMED CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION

A QAJAR FRAMED CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION - Qajar, Iran, Ca. 18th - 19th century AD. A calligraphic panel in ink on paper, laid down on card, featuring bold black cursive script in nasta'liq, elegantly arranged in diagonal lines across a burnished brown ground. The calligraphy displays sweeping curves and elongated flourishes characteristic of Persian literary aesthetics, possibly a poetic excerpt or a religious invocation. Bordered with fine red and black rules and mounted in a later wooden frame with an ochre-coloured mat.Size: 500mm x 320mm; Weight: 1.04kgProvenance: Previous property of a UK based Islamic art professional.