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Lot 45: A SAFAVID CALLIGRAPHY PAGE DEPICTING A PRAYER OF IMAM ALI IN THE FORM OF A LION, 18TH CENTURY

Lot 45: A SAFAVID CALLIGRAPHY PAGE DEPICTING A PRAYER OF IMAM ALI IN THE FORM OF A LION, 18TH CENTURY

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This auction ended on 23 May 2025.

Start price: £950

Estimated price: £1,000 - £2,000

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With bold black naskh or thuluth script intricately shaped into a lion’s body, symbolising Ali’s epithet “Asadullah” (Lion of God)

Page: 35.5 x 27cm

Frame: 50 x 41cm