Album Page with Calligraphic Composition

Location: Iran

Materials: ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper; mounted on card within borders of tinted paper

Dimensions: 19.8 x 10cm (calligraphic panel)

Accession Number: CAL 216

Other Notes:

Mir ‘Imad al-Hasani was the undisputed master of nasta‘liq, the script used in this example. He was murdered in 1615, reputedly for offending Shah ‘Abbas (r. 1587 – 1629).

Script:

written in nasta‘liq script

Bibliography:

N.F. Safwat, The Art of the Pen. Calligraphy of the 14th to 20th Centuries, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume V, London 1996, cat.62, pp.130–31.