A NASTA'LIQ QUATRAIN

SIGNED BY MIR 'ALI, SAFAVID IRAN, CIRCA 1528 AD

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A NASTA'LIQ QUATRAIN
SIGNED BY MIR 'ALI, SAFAVID IRAN, CIRCA 1528 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, with 4ll. of black nasta'liq written on the diagonal in clouds reserved against light green ground with red floral scrolls, bordered with a ghazal of Hafiz, within polychrome ruled margins, on wide polychrome illuminated borders, laid down on card
Calligraphy 8 ½ x 4 ½in. (21.7 x 10.8cm.); folio 14 x 8 ¾in. (35.4 x 22.2cm.)

Engraved

The nasta'liq quatrain here are verses attributed to Jami
In the border, verses from a ghazal of Hafiz

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Lot Essay

This panel was written by Mir 'Ali for one of the eight sons of the Ottoman Sultan, Beyazid II. Mir ‘Ali was born in 1465 AD and lived until 1544 AD. He states in the quatrain that he wrote this panel at the age of 63, which would date the work to 1528 AD. Please refer to lot 180 for a note on Mir ‘Ali.

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