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AN ARABIC CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
SIGNED MUSTAFA AL-MAJDI KNOWN AS HAFIZ AL-QUR'AN, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY
Black ink and gold on paper, a line of large black thuluth script at top, a panel of four lines of small black naskh script below, each verse interspersed with gold and red roundels, illuminated panels with gold foliage to the right and left, signed in the left panel, the scribe indicated that he is a student of 'Al-Sayyid 'Abdullah', laid down on marbled papers between gold and black ruled, in modern gilt frame, glazed
Panel 5 3/8 x 8 3/8in. (13.7 x 21.3cm.); frame 11 ¼ x 14 ½in. (28.7 x 36.8cm.)
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