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A NASTA'LIQ QUATRAIN SIGNED MUHAMMAD HUSAYN [KASHMIRI, ZARIN QALAM], MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY Recto with 4ll. of elegant black nasta'liq in clouds reserved against gold ground, with four triangles of gold and polychrome floral illumination to the sides and corners, signed lower left, laid down within green minor border and gold and black rules on wide gold-sprinkled cream borders, verso with a painting in opaque pigments depicting two deer against a rocky landscape, laid down within pink minor border and gold and black rules on wide gold-sprinkled cream borders, some losses to pigments Calligraphy 8 3/8 x 4 ?in. (21.3 x 11.5cm.); painting 7 x 4 ?in. (17.8 x 10.7cm.); folio 12 ? x 8 3/8in. (31 x 21.2cm.)
Muhammad Husayn al-Katib Kashmiri (d. AH 1020/1611-12 AD), by whom this calligraphy was most likely done, was the most celebrated calligrapher at the court of the emperor Akbar, who gave him the title of Zarrin Qalam (Golden Pen). He continued to work at the court of Jahangir and his recorded work is dated between AH 988 (1580-1 AD) and AH 1017 (1608-9 AD) (Bayani, 1348 sh., pp 702-704). A manuscript by the calligrapher sold in these Rooms, 26 April 2018, lot 130. A similar calligraphic panel to that offered here was sold in these Rooms, 25 October 2018, lot 144.