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A CALLIGRAPHER'S DIPLOMA
AWARDED TO MUHAMMAD TAWFIQ, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 22 RAJAB AH 1281/21 DECEMBER 1864 AD
Black ink, gold and pigments on green paper, the central oval panel with a large black bismallah (In the name of God, the Merciful, the Clement) in muhaqqaq script between gold and polychrome foliage, the sides with further floral illumination on gold ground, four almond-shaped cartouches to the sides with signatures of the four calligraphy masters, on gold-speckled white card, in gilt wooden framed, glazed
Panel 8 ½ x 11 ¼in. (21.5 x 28.5cm.); frame 11 ½ x 14 1/8in. (29.3 x 36cm.)
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