TWO PERSIAN CALLIGRAPHY MINIATURES, PERSIA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Two Persian miniatures about the holy Hajj in Mecca and Al-Medina, gouache heightened with gold on paper. Both miniatures with verses of the Quran about the Hajj and with poems in Arabic and Persian language, naskh and nasta’liq script in clouds reserved against gold ground, laid down between borders decorated with elegant interlacing vine issuing palmettes and leaves. Further stylised with different figures in Ihram clothes during the Manasik or the rites and the ceremonies that have to be performed by pilgrims around Mecca during Dhu al-Hajjah. 26.5 by 16.5 cm.