FOLLOWER OF MUHAMMAD QASIM, LATER ASCRIBED TO AQA SADIQ, SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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FOLLOWER OF MUHAMMAD QASIM, LATER ASCRIBED TO AQA SADIQ, SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Pen with ink wash on paper, set within gold and black rules and borders with eight panels containing Persian couplets in black nasta'liq, margins decorated with gold illuminated animals and foliage, the reverse with an associated page from a Shahnama of Firdawsi pasted upside down, 24ll. black nasta'liq arranged in four columns set within gold and blue rules and plain margins
Painting 6 7/8 x 4 1/2in. (17.5 x 11.5cm.); folio 13 3/4 x 9in. (35 x 23cm.)

Provenance

Kelekian Collection

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Lot Essay

Although this work has been attributed lower left to an artist by the name of Aqa Sadiq, the work is in the manner of Muhammad Qasim or one of his followers. Muhammad Qasim was one of the proponents of the style developed by Reza 'Abbasi. He was known for his innovative use of line and wash colours, especially the striking and careful use of lapiz lazuli for specific highlights and folds on garments as seen in this example. A painting ascribed to Muhammad Qasim was sold in these Rooms, 23 April 2015, lot 63.

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