ART OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD AND INDIA

Lot 45:

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A SAFAVID CALLIGRAPHY PAGE DEPICTING A PRAYER OF IMAM ALI IN THE FORM OF A LION, 18TH CENTURY

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Description

With bold black naskh or thuluth script intricately shaped into a lion’s body, symbolising Ali’s epithet “Asadullah” (Lion of God)

Page: 35.5 x 27cm

Frame: 50 x 41cm