A calligraphic album page in nasta'liq script, signed by Muhammad Husain

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A calligraphic album page in nasta'liq script, signed by Muhammad Husain North India, late 16th/early 17th Century Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled olive green paper, 4ll. written diagonally in nasta'liq script in black ink, a couplet written vertically above and below, cornerpieces in flowers and gold on blue ground, text interspersed with small studies of birds, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, modern floral borders, pasted down on a modern sheet of card 26 x 15cm. (panel) 38 x 24cm (folio) Provenance: Property from a private UK collection Muhammad Husain al-Katib Kashmiri (d. 1611) was the foremost calligrapher at the court of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, who awarded him the title of Zarrin Qalam, or Golden Pen. He continued to work in the reign of Jahangir, his recorded works dating from AH 988/AD 1580-81 to AH 1017/AD 1608-09. (See Mehdi Bayani, Ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol. III, Tehran 1348 sh., pp. 702-704). Many of his calligraphic works feature the small birds seen here.

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