{"product_id":"calligraphy-safavid-read-persian-album-125269","title":"Page from a fine Calligraphic Album,","description":"This album page has been assigned to the so-called Read 'Persian' Album, most of which is now housed in the Pierpont Morgan Library, on account of the comparable dimensions and the decoration. This leaf consists of a ground of stippled marble, an unusual panel of marbled paper and a mount illuminated in the Central Asian and\/or Mughal style. Marbled paper was used for several of the mounts in the Read Persian Album, (see Barbara Schmitz, \u003cem\u003eIslamic and Indian Manuscripts and Paintings in the Pierpont Morgan Library\u003c\/em\u003e, New York, p. 112-113, and figs. 182, 236, 237), and mounts of gold scrolling vegetal and floral designs such as the one here are also found on some of the pages (\u003cem\u003eibid\u003c\/em\u003e., p. 112 and figs. 239, 240).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Arabic text here includes verses by the pre-Islamic poet Laqit ibn Ya'mur al-Iyadi, and other, unidentified verses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSingle album page, illuminated manuscript on paper, in Arabic, 340 x 217 mm; four panels of Arabic text in gold thulth and black\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003enaskh\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003escript with stippled, marbled surrounds and a panel of marble decoration, cream coloured mount filled with gold floral decoration, some light finger-soiling and rubbing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"[CALLIGRAPHY].","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57633380663671,"sku":"125269","price":10000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/125269_01.jpg?v=1792688176","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/calligraphy-safavid-read-persian-album-125269","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}