An illuminated calligraphic composition in the form of a mihrab in Kufic script, probably India, 18th/19th century
ink, gold and gouache on paper laid down on card, framed
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An illuminated calligraphic composition in the form of a mihrab in Kufic script, probably India, 18th/19th century
ink, gold and gouache on paper laid down on card, framed
Literature
Calligraphie islamique; textes sacrés et profanes, Geneva, 1988, pp. 174-175, no. 56.
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Qur'an, surah al-qalam (LXVIII), verse 51 to verse 52.
The calligrapher of this powerful composition has revived an archaic style of square Kufic script, inventively arranged in the form of a mihrab. It is likely that the composition was intended to have a talismanic purpose.