Description TWO CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS, POSSIBLY IRAN OR SYRIA, 20TH CENTURY, arabic manuscript on paper, Sura Al-Baqara (2:141 - 144), the hadith finely inscribed in diwani jali script in white ink on 24ct. gold paper, laid on paper, mounted, framed and glazed, the text panel 10cm x 16cm, 28cm x 34.2cm including the frame; and another panel, Arabic manuscript in thuluth script on paper, in black pen and ink in-filled with scales, the text extracted from the Qur’an, Sura Al-Jumu’ah (62:11) 'God is the best provider' (tashdid over R surplus - Wa Allah Khairou al-Razikin), framed and glazed, the text panel 9.5cm x 22.5cm, 23.5x 36.5cm including the frame. Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 6 October 2008, part of lot 386.
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