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241 - A calligraphic panel and floral study by Muhammad Amin al-Mashhadi,
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A calligraphic panel and floral study by Muhammad Amin al-Mashhadi, Lucknow, India, 17th century With 6ll. of black Persian nasta'liq arranged diagonally and within cloudbands, on a gold ground decorated with floriated scrolls, within a repeating outer border of gold leafs, 24 x 14cm Provenance: Private UK Collection The panel is signed by Muhammad Amin Mashhadi, an Iranian calligrapher. Active in the mid-seventeenth century, Mashhadi is best known as the scribe of thePadshahnameh manuscript in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, in 1067 AH/1656 AD (see M.C. Beach and E. Koch, King of the World, The Padshahnama, An Imperial Mughal Mansucript from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, London, 1997, p.158). Two further calligraphic panels appear on album pages with Mughal paintings at Sothebys 27 October 2021, Lot 143 and 8 October 2014, Lot 269.
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