??TWO LARGE FOLIOS OF NASTALIQ CALLIGRAPHY, HYDERABAD, DECCAN, INDIA, DATED AH 1313/1896 AD gouache with ink and gold on sections of paper, laid on card, by Muhammad Mahmud Nawaz Mu'jiz Raqam, composed by Nawab Mir Qutb al-Dibn Ali Khan Bahadur, each with six lines of Persian poetry amidst scrolling gold saz leaves, surrounded by dense polychrome floral border on blue ground 56 x 35.5 approx. each
Provenance: European Private Collection; Christie's South Kensington, April 2015, lot 93
The poem was written following the death of Nawab Azam in the month of Sha'ban. The date is either from the Hijri calendar or the 'Fasli' calendar used by the Nizams of Hyderabad. If the later, the AD date would be 1903, rather than 1896.
Descriptions in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports and all lots are sold as viewed. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in good condition. Prospective bidders are recommended to request a condition report prior to bidding, wherever possible satisfying themselves in person at the gallery as to the condition of a lot.