Calligraphy in nasta`liq script signed by Mir Muhammad Ali
Early 17th century
Description
The central panel of this album folio consists of a quatrain of Persian poetry most likely from the Divan of Naziri Nishapuri written diagonally in nasta`liq script on pale blue paper. The interlinear space is embellished with floral decoration in gold wash, with flecks of gold leaf.
Dimensions
framed: 44 x 30 cm (17 5/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Richard Bryant Hobart, Cambridge, MA, (by 1963), by inheritance; to his daughter, Mabel Hobart Cabot, Cambridge, MA , (1963-2014), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, June 2014. Richard Bryant Hobart (b. 1885 – d. 1963),
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