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Traditional Book Arts: Tazhib, Tasweer & Calligraphy

Illumination, miniature painting and calligraphy from Persia and the wider Islamic world, selected by Near East & Islamic specialist Roxana Kashani.

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  • Leaf from a fine calligraphic album page, Safavid Persia, possibly from the Read PErsian Album.
    Leaf from a fine calligraphic album page, Safavid Persia, possibly from the Read PErsian Album.

    [CALLIGRAPHY].
    Page from a fine Calligraphic Album, 16th & early 17th centuries.
    £10,000.00

  • Single panel of nasta'liq calligraphy by Morteza Salehi dated 2024 and entitled Hich.

    SALEHI, Morteza (calligrapher)
    'Hich' dated '2024'.
    £2,500.00

  • four lines of elegant nasta'liq calligraphy by Morteza Salehi from 2020.

    SALEHI, Morteza (calligrapher)
    Quatrain of nasta'liq calligraphy c. 2020.
    £3,000.00

  • Painting of a flower and bird composition by contemporary artist Maryam Mirzaei from 2008

    MIRZAEI, Maryam (artist)
    Flower and Bird Surrounded by Floral Islimi 2008
    £37,500.00

  • single illuminated painting of a figure by contemporary artist Maryam Mirzaei, from 2014.

    MIRZAEI, Maryam (artist)
    Copy of a Single Figure 2014
    £17,500.00

  • An important survival from a monumental Timurid Qur'an, from Timurid Persia, mid 15th century.
    An important survival from a monumental Timurid Qur'an, from Timurid Persia, mid 15th century.

    [QUR'AN].
    Leaf from a fine Timurid Qur'an, c. 1430 AD.
    £4,750.00

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