Folio of calligraphy

Panel of calligraphy; text: Persian in white, gold, blue and black ta'liq script; signed by Kamal al-Din Ikhtiyar al-munshi al-sultani and dated 1541-1542 (948 A.H.); triangular illuminated corner panels; reverse side marbled; one of a group of three folios. Border: The calligraphiy is set in gold, black and blue rulings and a blue inner frame with ta'liq script mounted on light pink gold-sprinkled paperboard. Written in [A.H.] 948, [A.D.] 1541 by the poor miserable slave Ikhtiyar, the royal scribe. To 1929 Kirkor Minassian, New York to 1929 [1] From 1929 Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York on April 5, 1929 [2] Notes: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office. Freer Gallery of Art Collection Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016) Nastaliq Calligraphy (September 23, 1982 to January 20, 1984) Art of the Court of Shah Tahmasp (December 16, 1979 to August 14, 1980) Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947) Untitled Exhibition, South Asian and Persian Art (March 24, 1930 to March 14, 1931) Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)